Jeremy Kyle unpacks an attempt to halt plans to house up to 1,250 asylum seekers near the village of Piddington (Bicester Garrison) have FAILED. A reminder that this is a village of just 350 people.
Yesterday the Conservatives forced a Commons vote on the issue. The motion called for the plan to be scrapped and for the UK to leave the ECHR so illegal migrants can be deported. Labour led the vote AGAINST it and defeated it 309 to 113. Every Labour MP who voted said no to blocking it, and the Lib Dems didn't even turn up.
The government said similar sites to that at Bicester had operated "for years" with "no evidence of any significant increase in criminality". Calum Miller, who is the MP for Bicester and Woodstock, accused Kemi Badenoch's party of "playing party politics with our local issue". He also argued that leaving the ECHR was not the answer as it would "weaken vital protections for British citizens".
Meanwhile we hear the camp will need bat licences to protect endangered species to go ahead say police and the proposed accommodation at Oxfordshire garrison could be delayed until 2028 for wildlife surveys.
Tthe Conservative Party has received another polling boost. A second consecutive opinion poll shows the resurgent Tories moving ahead of Reform UK, driven by what commentators are calling the "Badenoch Bounce." The Conservatives were on 24% with More in the Common poll, three points ahead of Nigel Farage's party on 24% and closing the gap on Labour at 28%. Kemi Badenoch has seen her personal approval ratings reach new highs as well.
Andy Burnham is pushing for an EU migration deal that would hand European judges new powers over Britain. The PM wants to seal a pact with Brussels to restore access to the bloc’s databases of asylum seekers and criminals when he meets leaders at next month’s UK-EU summit. In return, EU negotiators have insisted that Britain signs up to European Court of Justice (ECJ) oversight of the system and pays an annual fee, sources told The Telegraph.
And in Britain's spiralling welfare and benefits bill ahead of the upcoming Budget..
Official figures reveal that more seven-year-olds are now receiving disability benefits than 50-year-olds driven by diagnoses of ADHD, autism, and behavioural conditions.
Nearly two million foreign nationals living in Britain are currently in receipt of welfare benefits or the state pension.
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