Minister condemns ‘thuggish’ far-right, anti-migrant protesters in Portsmouth – UK politics live
Emma Reynolds says demonstrations ‘cross a line’ Good morning. John Healey is giving his first major speech on economic policy since he became chancellor seven weeks ago. It is meant to be the main government news of the morning and, as Pippa Crerar writes in her preview story, Healey will argue the government’s plans to boost growth across the whole country will enable the British economy to “turn a corner”. Healey’s deputy, Emma Reynolds , the chief secretary to the Treasury, has been giving i
Some protestors showed “intimidating and thuggish behaviour” this weekend, Sarah Jones, the policing minister said.
But she added she did not seek to “minimise” legitimate concerns people had about small boat crossings.
“This government has taken action to fix the broken system we inherited and crack down on the people smugglers,” Jones said, pointing out that system-wide arrests were up 70%.
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