Month: August 2018

Two options for post-Brexit immigration both have ‘significant costs’, study finds Via: Government will struggle to fill low-skilled jobs after Brexit without worker exploitation, experts warn

‘We’ll work it out,’ says whistleblower, as tour organiser asks supporters to lobby immigration ministerUS whistleblower Chelsea Manning has expressed confidence the Australian government will allow her to enter the country for a speaking tour, despite indications that it is considering barring her.In her first public comment on the controversy, Read more…

Tech company invests £200m in Hullavington site to double vehicle-testing capacitySir James Dyson, the billionaire inventor and Brexit backer, has unveiled expansion plans to accommodate more than 2,000 workers at his Wiltshire research facility, more than doubling capacity for electric-vehicle testing.Coming despite severe warnings over lost jobs and investment from Read more…

Campaigners say detaining families with no likely chance of removing them feeds into hostile environment and amounts to ‘brutal and unnecessary’ tactic to drive down immigration Via: Home Office attempts to deport families 'harmful' to children and 'often ineffective', watchdog warns

Maritime agencies in France prepared to send more ships to keep peace between fishermen Via: Government talking with French authorities in bid to prevent further 'scallop wars' in English Channel

Home Office warned synthetic substance poses ‘most severe threat to public health in decades’ Via: Spice should be upgraded to Class A drug, say police and crime commissioners