Priti Patel takes swipe at cabinet colleague Robert Jenrick over £1bn deal row – saying she ‘probably would not’ have acted as he did Home Secretary distances herself from Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick Priti Patel says she ‘probably would not’ do the same thing as Cabinet colleague Mr Jenrick watched home scheme promotional video despite it … Read more
Priti Patel attacks Labour MPs over Black Lives Matter criticism accusing them of holding ‘racist’ views because the Tory minister does not conform to a ‘stereotypical view of what an ethnic minority woman should stand for’ By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent For Mailonline Published: 15:01 BST, 28 June 2020 | Updated: 15:01 BST, 28 June … Read more
Under a traffic light system (above), countries will be rated green, amber or red based on infection levels, the reliability of official data and confidence in test and trace systems Priti Patel dampened hopes of Britons desperate to jet off on holiday as soon as possible today, warning that quarantine-free ‘air bridges’ will not be … Read more
Priti Patel defies her critics to expand Prevent anti-terror drive amid fears large areas of Britain are living dangerously unprotected from extremists Priti Patel has proposed dividing England and Wales into nine regional hubs Dedicated teams would operate from extremist ‘hot spots’ in each region The review was ordered after intelligence highlighted the changing nature of … Read more
Riot police chased out of Brixton by teenage thugs. More than 20 officers injured, with two treated in hospital. The Home Secretary describing the criminal mayhem as ‘utterly vile’. Meanwhile, lockdown parties and illegal raves erupt into violence elsewhere across the country. No wonder former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair says we need an urgent ‘public … Read more
Families can again book summer getaways after ministers agreed last night to open air corridors with dozens of countries. The partial dismantling of Priti Patel’s quarantine scheme means UK holidaymakers will be able to return home without having to self-isolate for 14 days. The Foreign Office will also lift its advice against ‘all but essential … Read more
Priti Patel hailed ‘hero’ emergency services who tackled the Reading attacker today after she visited the scene. The Home Secretary said those who stepped in to try to stop the bloodshed and treat the injured were ‘the very best of us’. She also vowed ‘swift justice’ and insisted it was important to ‘learn the lessons’ of … Read more
Priti Patel signalled the Government plans to introduce a terror clampdown today as she visited the site of the Reading rampage that left three dead. The Home Secretary said it was it was important to ‘learn the lessons’ of the bloody attack in the commuter town on Saturday evening as she met police officers in Forbury Gardens. … Read more
NONE of the 1,100 migrants who have crossed the Channel in the past seven weeks have been deported despite Priti Patel’s pledge to send people back to France Record numbers of illegal migrants have made it to UK on flimsy boats this year Only 155 of nearly 4,000 who’ve arrived since last January have been sent … Read more
Britain’s new blue passports have been mocked online with many claiming they are actually black, while others say the the long-awaited document is ‘flimsy’ and ‘poor quality’. Dubbed by some as a symbol of Britain’s independence from the European Union, where members have burgundy coloured passports, the new passports, based on the country’s traditional pre-EU … Read more