The Independent - March 10, 2023
The Independent - March 10, 2023
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March 10, 2023
French president to reject plan to solve Channel crisis
Emmanuel Macron is expected to reject Britain's request to return small boat asylum seekers to France, after his calls for more safe and legal routes to the UK were ignored.
3 mins
Sunak and Macron to strike deal on missiles for Nato
Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron are set to strike a deal for the UK and France to collaborate on building weapons to combat aggression by Russia. The prime minister is set to meet his French counterpart in Paris today, where the pair will discuss how to work more closely to help Ukraine defend itself against the Russian invasion.
3 mins
EU labourers set to return in bid to build more houses
Brexit U-turn could see immigration rules eased to plug gap
4 mins
Rudd attacks 'baffling' and unrealistic small boat plan
Former Conservative home secretary Amber Rudd has called the government’s new small boats law “baffling” and accused her successor of making promises that “can’t be delivered”.
3 mins
Braverman's emotive words about migrants put border staff at risk, union warns
Border Force staff are being put at risk by the home secretary's \"escalation of highly emotive language about asylum seekers\", the government has been warned. In a letter sent to Home Office chief Sir Matthew Rycroft yesterday, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) said members had \"significant concerns\" over the Illegal Migration Bill and whether it was \"within the confines of the law and international treaties\".
3 mins
What is meant by 'safe and legal routes' to the UK?
Rishi Sunak and Suella Braverman have been defending their plans to detain and deport all small boat migrants without considering their asylum claim by saying refugees should use \"safe and legal routes\" to reach Britain.
3 mins
Power cuts hit thousands as Britain wakes to blizzards
Blizzards are forecast for parts of Britain this morning as Storm Larisa arrives, with 50mph winds and up to 40cm of snow in a cold snap that has already left thousands without power.
2 mins
Lineker to avoid suspension as asylum tweet row grows
Suella Braverman has accused Gary Lineker of diminishing the Holocaust as ministers engaged in an open row with the BBC presenter over his criticism of their asylum plans.
2 mins
Lineker works for the BBC, he should play by their rules
The BBC and Gary Lineker are in positions that seem fundamentally incompatible. The corporation says that its editorial guidelines must apply to presenters, while Lineker - as he has made plain to reporters outside his home - believes he has a right to free speech and to call out policies that he finds abhorrent.
3 mins
Could the Getty museum save the £50m Portrait of Omai at the eleventh hour?
Talks are going down to the wire as the National Portrait Gallery chases down a landmark deal to save one of Britain's greatest historical paintings before a government deadline passes later today.
3 mins
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