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Keir Starmer’s France Small Boats Deal — and Lord Hermer’s troop ‘witch-hunt’
Keir Starmer says closer co-operation with France will help stop the small boats crisis — but is Britain paying hundreds of millions for more failure and inaction?
Alex Phillips - stepping in for Julia - is joined by former Border Force chief Tony Smith to break down Labour’s latest Channel deal, including the extra cash for France, the promise of tougher beach enforcement, the role of French riot police, and why surveillance alone will not stop illegal crossings in the Channel.
They also look at the key questions ministers still have not answered: what happens when migrants are intercepted…
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