Teenagers would not be sent to jail for defying the Tories’ proposed “mandatory” national service scheme, James Cleverly has said, as Labour branded the policy a “gimmick”. The UK home secretary said the plans were aimed at getting young people “out of their bubble” and would not involve the threat of criminal sanctions for those […]
UK home secretary James Cleverly has joined calls for former Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson to apologise after his criticism of Sadiq Khan sparked a Islamophobia row. Mr Anderson doubled down on his criticism of Sadiq Khan as Rishi Sunak came under pressure to label his words as Islamophobic. Speaking to PA in San Francisco […]
The home secretary has said deportations under the UK’s agreement with Rwanda could be “quite low”, depending on other factors. James Cleverly told MPs the agreement with the east African nation was “only one part” of the government’s response to illegal migration. Returns deals with other countries could also have a “very significant impact” on […]
James Cleverly has said he regrets the “joke” he made about spiking and he should not have made it. At a No 10 event before Christmas the UK home secretary had joked about spiking his wife’s drink with a date rape drug, just hours after announcing plans to crack down on the issue. Mr Cleverly […]