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Just 1.3 per cent of asylum seekers have been sent back by a Home Office unit set up to assess claims following extra “bureaucracy” following Brexit, figures show.
Police to lose access to database used more than 600 million times a year on 1 January.
"Serious & troubling letters from @PoliceChiefs & @NCA_UK to @CommonsHomeAffs on preparations for 1 Jan" - Yvette Cooper
17/11/2020
'Serious & troubling letters from @PoliceChiefs& @NCA_UK to @CommonsHomeAffs on preparations for 1 Jan, outlining the security downgrade if no negotiated agreement, inc impact on public protection, serious crime & counter terror.'
Police warn of ‘major operational impact’ when UK loses access to EU crime databases in January
17/11/2020
Key information systems will be lost even if a security deal is struck before 31 December, National Crime Agency says.
The Brexiteer pledge to ‘take back control’ of the UK’s borders has been exposed as hollow
14/08/2020
The supreme irony is that, despite all those Vote Leave promises, Brexit is making it harder to control UK borders.
‘If we have a populist in government who is flouting convention and acting in a way that bypasses the sovereignty of parliament, parliament will respond accordingly’
Rebel MPs are working on a plan to thwart Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit on 31 October that involves forcing parliament to sit through the autumn recess, amid growing outrage about the power and influence of his controversial aide, Dominic Cummings.
Ed Davey calls for a government of national unity with Yvette Cooper or Hilary Benn leading
26/06/2019
The Lib Dem leadership hopeful surprisingly suggested Labour leadership for what comes after no-deal Brexit.
Opposition day debate picked for motion backed by SNP, Lib Dems, Greens and a Tory MP.
Ex-minister Nick Boles says cross-party group which forced Theresa May to delay Brexit have a new plan.
Home affairs select committee urges government to change rules of EU settlement scheme. / The government has been urged by MPs to urgently change its policy on EU citizens in the country if it is to avert a “Windrush-style catastrophe” in the years after Brexit.
Government fails to block draft law from Yvette Cooper and Sir Oliver Letwin.
Cooper-Letwin bill: here’s how the plan to prevent a no-deal Brexit by law will actually work
03/04/2019
'For the sake of jobs, public services and our national security we need to avert no deal,' says Yvette Cooper.
Cooper plan to legally block no-deal Brexit clears first Parliamentary hurdle, by 315 to 310 votes
03/04/2019
The bill will now be voted on again at 10pm when it will become clear whether MPs want to make a no-deal Brexit illegal.
Yvette Cooper and Sir Oliver Letwin plan to force PM to seek Article 50 extension by early next week.
The Government faced Cabinet rebellions and ministerial resignations after changing its mind last minute on a no deal motion.
Theresa May will have told MPs a 'straight-up lie' if she cancels this week's crunch Brexit votes, says Yvette Cooper
11/03/2019
'She gave me her word, she gave parliament her word – I don’t believe the prime minister would straight-up lie on something so important as this'
‘You could have quite a lot of children who could pass the deadline for the settlement scheme, be completely unaware of their rights – and to lose their rights’.
Labour's Yvette Cooper teams up with Tory Oliver Letwin.
Business group warns that companies are getting ready to shift operations abroad.
A leaked presentation, obtained by Sky News, warns of the impact of 'no-deal' on UK passengers travelling to and from Europe.
First time Labour leader has formally demanded Commons should get option of 'legislation' on People's Vote.
Theresa May has suffered a fresh Commons defeat after MPs passed a motion to make it harder for ministers to force through a no-deal Brexit.