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Labour

Shabana Mahmood brands Danny Tommo an ‘outright racist’ and warns lawbreakers will face ‘full force of the law’

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has branded Danny Tommo an 'outright racist' and warned that people who break the law will face its full force amid tensions over the proposed Bicester asylum site.

Charlotte Mercer · 4 min read

Labour

Oxfordshire village votes to 'leave UK' in protest over Government asylum centre plan

Piddington residents have voted 285 to 26 to symbolically leave the United Kingdom in protest against plans to house up to 1,256 male asylum seekers at nearby MoD Bicester.

Charlotte Mercer · 4 min read

Labour

Small-boat crossings fall sharply as summer arrivals almost halve

Small-boat arrivals fell to 7,371 across June, July and August, roughly half last summer's total, as ministers credit stronger UK-French enforcement while acknowledging more people are being packed onto each vessel.

Charlotte Mercer · 4 min read