Assistant Chief Constable Ryan Henderson has just finished his news conference in Belfast. He said:
Ball in the Home Office’s court now…
UPDATE: Home Office confirms: “He entered the UK in 2023 and was granted refugee status the same year. The individual claims to have entered the UK via the Common Travel Area.”
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.”