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“In the five months since I launched the plan,” the Prime Minister says, “crossings are now down by 20 percent compared to last year.’
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“As I understand it, this unit within the Cabinet Office did not monitor specific individuals… we believe in free speech, as a government.”
Robert Jenrick says that high net immigration puts pressure on services and discourages investment in innovation and British workers.
“This is the problem with our defence spending: there’s no redundancy in the system, and we live in increasingly dangerous times.”
Jamie Driscoll, the serving Mayor of North Tyne, did not make the longlist for the North East mayoralty.
However, he stresses that it’s “relatively early days” when pressed on what has happened to all the others.
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Laws such as the Public Records Act and Freedom of Information Act predate instant messaging and the blurring of the lines between official and personal communication.
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