Overview

• Under the treaty laid out today, immigration rules taking effect tomorrow will allow detentions within days and initially target about 50 returns to France per week.
• The £100 million pilot funds 300 additional National Crime Agency intelligence roles to enhance data gathering on smuggling gangs.
• Dame Angela Eagle said the pilot’s modest initial return figures would rise over time and stressed there is “no quick, easy fix” to the small-boat crossings crisis.
• A border security bill intended to grant new powers against people-smuggling gangs remains stalled in the House of Lords with both Conservative and Reform parties opposing its counter-gang provisions.
• Good Morning Britain viewers questioned the show’s impartiality after Ed Balls briefly walked off during an interview with his wife, Yvette Cooper, leaving co-host Kate Garraway to conduct the segment alone.