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Foreign Secretary Liz Truss
LIZ TRUSS was accused of passing the buck today after she blamed Priti Patel for the government’s chaotic Ukraine refugee scheme.
Grilled by MPs yesterday over the fact that just 50 visas have been granted to Ukrainians with family members in Britain so far, the Foreign Secretary brushed off the issue as a “matter for the Home Secretary.”
Her comments came in response to Labour MP Chris Bryant, who asked if she was ashamed that other countries had taken in tens of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s invasion of the country while Britain had accepted just 50.
Once derided by Farage as a ‘fraud,’ Jenrick has defected to Reform, bringing experience and political ruthlessness to the populist right — and raising the unsettling prospect of a Farage-led movement with a seasoned operative pulling the strings, says ANDREW MURRAY
Beatrice Pompe and Bernadette Dugasse have submitted a UN complaint against Labour’s deal with Mauritius, highlighting how exclusion from ancestral lands is denying their right of return and justice for historical abuses, reports ELIZABETH MISTRY
Britain’s proud asylum history, from sheltering the Kindertransport escaping Hitler to Basque children fleeing fascist Spain, required tireless campaigning against persistent opposition — and it’s up to all of us to do our part today, writes SABINA PRICE
