It’s back of the net for team Jenrick as their mini-campaign to force the government to publish nationality data about foreign offenders living in the UK comes to fruition. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has told civil servants they must publish the data before the year is out, showing both the nationality of offenders and the crimes committed by those listed for deportation. Foreign national offenders are automatically deported if sentenced to 12 months or more in prison, but many say it should be automatic for any criminal offence…
The BBC reports: “Home Office figures are expected to show the main three nationalities for foreign criminals living in the community are Albanians, Romanians and Poles. It is understood their most common offences were the production of drugs, theft and robbery, and acts of violent assault.” It’s a big win for Bobby J, whose relentless work ethic is putting most Tories to shame…
Co-conspirators who frequent the capital are now fairly likely to have had a phone or bike nabbed by thieves. A phone is now stolen in London every six minutes…
Guido hears from the Home Office that the department has fully developed a beefed up set of new rules which would allow police officers to enter premises without a warrant in order to seize stolen devices with GPS tracking. Such a change enter legislation…
The Home Office newsdesk has been contacted for comment. Sources tell Guido that the policy, once fully greenlit, will appear in Labour’s Crime and Policing Bill – that’s not due for some time yet. Alterations could still be made before it goes through parliament…
Former Treasury minister and adviser to Burnham in the Makerfield campaign Lord Jim O’Neill, who has turned down a role in his government, said Burnham’s first statement Commons was:
“The last thing investors wanted to hear… gilt yields have risen by a 0.25% in one day, which is a lot. We’ve not had that since Liz Truss days… If your country is under the focus of ‘can they come up with a sensible fiscal strategy’ on a day when the markets think ‘well no, you’re not showing any sign of it’ you’re going to have a tough day…if it stays like this your mortgage rate is going up.”