Suella Braverman

The Home Secretary also insisted that ministers were looking at 'all sorts of land and sites and vessels' to house asylum seekers.

A lot of owners of lots of different kinds of property around the country. “But we’re looking at all options. She said: “We’re talking to a lot of operators. We’re looking at all sorts of land and sites and vessels and we’re in negotiations with a high number of operators around the country.” It was deemed lawful by the High Court, but legal challenges continue. The Home Secretary also insisted that ministers were looking at “all sorts of land and sites and vessels” to house asylum seekers in the UK, but refused to say whether the Government was close to signing a deal on a procuring a barge.

Only weeks after briefings that asylum seekers could start being deported to Rwanda in the summer, Suella Braverman said she was 'not going to give a ...

We'd process our asylum claims swiftly and we'd get a grip on the asylum system. Grilled by MPs on the Liaison Committee last week, the Prime Minister said: “No one has promised flights by the summer. We now want to move as quickly as possible to re-locate people from the UK to Rwanda.” No, that’s not what she [Braverman] said. We'd set up a cell to tackle the criminal gangs working across borders. We have got to be realistic.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has defended her tough migration stance by claiming there is 'no good reason' for asylum seekers to make the 'treacherous' ...

We want to move as quickly as possible to relocate people living in the UK to Rwanda.” “We have to be realistic, We had a very strong victory in the High Court at the end of last year on Rwanda. Anyone who does that is making a deliberate decision to come to the UK illegally. “I think anyone who takes the journey is breaking the law. She added that making it illegal to arrive in the UK via small boat crossings would “introduce a deterrent that people stopped taking the journey in the first place”. Anyone who procures that journey, offers it, or facilitates it is breaking the law.

The Home Secretary defended the Government's plans to send migrants to Rwanda despite being challenged over a 2018 incident.

We’d process our asylum claims swiftly and we’d get a grip on the asylum system.' We’d set up a cell to tackle the criminal gangs working across borders. 'The High Court - senior expert judges - have looked into the detail of our arrangements with Rwanda and found it to be a safe country and found our arrangements to be lawful. The Home Secretary was shown footage of the aftermath of the 2018 incident in the African country The Home Secretary vowed to press ahead with the Rwanda policy, following the striking of a £120million agreement with Kigali last April. [BBC](/news/bbc/index.html)'s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show, Mrs Braverman was grilled about [United Nations](/news/united-nations/index.html) allegations that a protest by a group of refugees five years ago was responded to by the firing of live rounds.

Home secretary points to 'particular combination of factors', but Labour says ministers need to 'start doing their actual job'

The point was that we left with a government that made big promises and once again didn’t deliver. Nobody wants to be waiting hours overnight at Dover in a coach.” In recent years things have been operating very smoothly at the border … “At acute times where there is a lot of pressure crossing the Channel, whether that’s on tunnel or ferries, then I think there’s always going to be a backup. But we are in a different trading regime.” People will get slicker at reading passports, get slicker at lodging paperwork and checking paperwork.

The home secretary says the government cannot control timeframes on legal challenges to its Rwanda plan.

"There's a hearing later this month, we need to wait for the court to adjudicate," Ms Braverman said. Even after that, it could still face legal challenges. She added that it had cost the taxpayer "a huge amount of money and hasn't seen a single person go to Rwanda". Ms Braverman said she believed the Rwanda policy would have "a significant deterrent effect" so that people would stop making the journey across the Channel to the UK. The government's legislation made provisions for individuals to challenge the decision to send them to Rwanda in "extreme circumstances" of "unforeseeable, serious and irreversible harm", she said. "The High Court, senior expert judges, have looked into the detail of our arrangement with Rwanda and found it to be a safe country and found our arrangements to be lawful."

The Home Secretary also insisted that ministers were looking at 'all sorts of land and sites and vessels' to house asylum seekers.

A lot of owners of lots of different kinds of property around the country. “But we’re looking at all options. She said: “We’re talking to a lot of operators. We’re looking at all sorts of land and sites and vessels and we’re in negotiations with a high number of operators around the country.” It was deemed lawful by the High Court, but legal challenges continue. The Home Secretary also insisted that ministers were looking at “all sorts of land and sites and vessels” to house asylum seekers in the UK, but refused to say whether the Government was close to signing a deal on a procuring a barge.

The home secretary has made deporting illegal immigrants who arrive in the UK on small boats a key part of her policy but legal challenges mean flights have ...

We have to be realistic." She insisted the situation is being sorted by deporting "about 500" Albanians and signing a deal with the French to enhance cooperation in the Channel. She said it is not just the UK facing "unprecedented numbers of illegal arrivals" but the French, the UK and "other Western democracies". The home secretary added that "context is important" and said: "We're in the middle of a global migration crisis." It expanded the scope of the legislation to "all categories of people who pass through safe countries and make illegal and dangerous journeys to the UK". "We want to move as quickly as possible to relocate people from the UK to Rwanda," she said.

She said people stuck in lengthy queues need to "have a bit of patience".

“Businesses and travellers are being tied up in reams of red tape but ministers are refusing to lift a finger. Travel expert Simon Calder explained that the real reason for the travel problems at the border was because, as a result of Brexit, every UK traveller going to the EU now needs their passport “inspected and stamped”. [Stella Creasy](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/stella-creasy/), said: “The schools, families and travellers stuck in these queues need answers like renegotiating the visa system, not amnesiacs who have forgotten freedom of movement was a two way process....” [Suella Braverman ](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/suella-braverman/)has denied that [Brexit](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/brexit/) is to blame for the travel chaos at Dover. [Sophy Ridge](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/sophy-ridge/) on Sunday on Sky News, Braverman acknowledged that “many families will be very concerned” about the delays they have been experiencing. The home secretary instead urged holidaymakers stuck in huge queues as they try to get to France that they need to “be a bit patient”.

The home secretary claimed it was “unfair” to blame the post-Brexit passport checks for the chaos as the port as Easter holidaymakers get stuck in misery at the ...

“I really feel for people trying to get through Dover. Simon Calder, The Independent’s travel correspondent, said that processing times at border control had risen sharply since Brexit. It shows the Conservative Party is out of touch, out of excuses, and should be out of power.” He added: “For Conservative ministers like Braverman, it is always someone else’s fault. Ms Braverman downplayed fears that disruption at Dover could become a frequent occurrence. “The Port of Dover continues to work with the ferry operators and border agencies to get the remaining coach passengers on their way as quickly as possible,” a spokesperson said.

Home secretary refuses to 'give a deadline' for when her controversial policy for asylum seekers will begin.

She backed the 2019 manifesto pledge but refused to repeat her previous remarks. We’ve got 7 million people already in the UK who are out of work.” “We’ve issued a record number of work and study visas in the last year. What we need is a government that gets a grip on the system.” “I’m not going to put dates on it, but the rules are clear: if you arrive here illegally, you’ll be detained,” she said. “I think this is a con trick being perpetrated on the British people.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman claimed that she wasn't aware of the case, when police fired on refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo who were ...

"The exact circumstances of that incident are unclear, with sources also referring to rioting and the arrest and prosecution of refugees, however sources also note that no further similar incidents have occurred since." Ms Braverman said refugees she had met in Rwanda recently had "nothing but gratitude and thanks" for the authorities for their treatment. "The High Court, senior expert judges, have looked into the detail of our arrangement with Rwanda and found it to be a safe country and found our arrangements to be lawful." [BBC](https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/bbc) it was safe to deport migrants to Rwanda under the Government's controversial plan to halt the flow of small boats arriving in Britain. Asked if she was still sure it was safe to send people to Rwanda, the Home Secretary said: "That might be 2018, we're looking at 2023 and beyond. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has insisted it is safe to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after being confronted with footage of a 2018 incident when 12 refugees were killed in a protest.

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has rejected suggestions that Brexit could be the cause of delays at the Port of Dover as passengers on the Easter getaway ...

Shadow levelling up secretary Lisa Nandy said “a range of factors” have caused the delays, but she claimed the Government had not planned for what was going to happen post-Brexit. The point was that we left with a Government that made big promises and once again didn’t deliver. The port said food and drink had been provided to coach passengers in the queues. She suggested that in general “things have been operating very smoothly at the border”. P&O have some coaches waiting at the cruise terminal and DFDS have some at service stations in Extra sailings were run overnight to try and clear the backlog, which has left passengers stuck in traffic for hours, but by Sunday morning the port estimated some travellers could still face waits of up to eight hours, depending on the ferry operator.

UK home secretary insists problems 'will ease' as passengers queue for hours because of 'sheer volume' of traffic.

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They were killed during a protest about their food rations being reduced.

We now want to move as quickly as possible to re-locate people from the UK to Rwanda.” She told Sophy Ridge on Sunday on Sky News: “I make no apology. “The High Court - senior, expert judges - have looked into the detail of our arrangement with Rwanda and found it to be a safe country and found our arrangements to be lawful.” After showing footage of the aftermath of the protest, Kuenssberg asked Braverman: “Are you sure still that it is safe to send refugees to Rwanda?” “According to the United Nations refugee body, a group of refugees staged a protest, the Rwandan police then fired live rounds at them and 12 people were killed,” she said. [Suella Braverman](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/suella-braverman/) has insisted it is safe for the UK to send refugees to [Rwanda](https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/news/rwanda/) despite the killing of 12 immigrants during a protest.

Labour councillors failed to act because of 'not wanting to come across as racist', says home secretary.

Ms Braverman said she was “committed” to introducing mandatory reporting across the whole of England for anyone working with children. Challenged that the United Nations had judged Rwanda unsafe, Ms Braverman said: “The High Court, senior expert judges, have looked into the detail of our arrangement with Rwanda and found it to be a safe country and found our arrangements to be lawful.” The NSPCC said the government plan to legally compel people to report abuse was a “step in the right direction” – but called on ministers to overhaul support and said more needed be done to improve the understanding of who was at risk.

What has Suella Braverman said about reporting sexual abuse and how will the new plans work? Ms Braverman suggested a mandatory reporting duty could have ...

A Home Office report in 2021 stated that there is “no conclusive evidence” to suggest that sexual abuse gangs were predominantly made up of Pakistani men. The group said: “Failing to include ‘suspected abuse on reasonable grounds’ ignores empirical evidence from mandatory reporting jurisdictions around the world.” A review found that most group-based child sexual exploitation offenders are commonly white. Any watering down of what is needed to keep children safe will be a dreadful missed opportunity”. “Mandatory reporting can play an important role in a well-functioning child protection system but it must balance the critical need to shed light on abusive behaviour with sensitivity to the safety and wellbeing of children – including their need for safe, confidential spaces to talk about what is happening in their lives,” he said. The report made three recommendations: making it a statutory requirement for people in paid or voluntary “trusted positions” to report sexual abuse, with failure to do so a criminal offence; establishing a national compensation scheme for victims of sexual abuse; and the creation of a new child protection authority, one for England and one for Wales.

A Mirror investigation has found the Home Secretary has claimed nearly £25000 in household bills despite staying rent free in her parents home whilst the ...

Continued to claim running costs on the home with the most recent bills published by IPSA for August 2022. July 2020: Flipped her accommodation claim again to house in Bushey she bought with her husband for £1.2million. Told IPSA: “I ceased to claim for the rental of my Fareham property in 2017 and claim solely for the utility bills associated with my London home. I claim solely for bills associated with my London flat when in Westminster.” I do not claim for any costs at my Fareham home.” She doesn’t claim a penny from the taxpayer on this home.” In 2020/2021 it appears she was able to claim £5,154.57, almost all her bills. This compensates for the additional costs of increased use such as energy, utilities, internet and council tax. Flipped expenses from August to London house, believed to be that of husband Rael, who she married the previous year. We do not pay MPs mortgages or mortgage interest. Those are weasel words, she needs to explain what she means. It just shows how out of touch some Conservative MPs have become.”

The Home Secretary claimed almost £25000 in expenses , while living rent-free at her parent's house during visits to her constituency.

Continued to claim running costs on the home with the most recent bills published by IPSA for August 2022. July 2020: Flipped her accommodation claim again to house in Bushey she bought with her husband for £1.2million. Told IPSA: “I ceased to claim for the rental of my Fareham property in 2017 and claim solely for the utility bills associated with my London home. She is on track to reach the maximum before the end of the year, which would still mean that roughly 80% of her household bills this year could be funded by the taxpayer. I claim solely for bills associated with my London flat when in Westminster.” IPSA confirmed this is also available to MPs who stay for free with family or friends, meaning they can claim back on utility bills for their main or only home. However, a source said: “The Home Secretary has often travelled to Fareham without claiming mileage.” However, she failed to explain that the house is actually her parents - meaning she stays there rent-free. The most recently published expenses claims for last summer show Ms Braverman is claiming roughly £630 a month. She doesn’t claim a penny from the taxpayer on this home.” They are able to claim expenses “such as energy, utilities, internet and council tax”. The system was overhauled in 2010 following the expenses scandal.

Legislation aimed at tackling the sale of machetes and other deadly blades will be put forward "in the near future", the Home Secretary has said.

The victims include Bailey Atkinson, 20, and Akeem Francis-Kerr, 29, who were knifed to death in separate incidents in Walsall. It is understood that legislation being drawn up by Mr Philp would make it an offence to sell machetes and other types of blade. The weapons are readily available online and on the high street for as little as £15.

What has happened to Suella Braverman's strategy to "stop the boats" crossing the English Channel and fly illegal migrants to Rwanda?

But her answers to perfectly reasonable questions about the "stop the boats" strategy were unconvincing and did not inspire confidence. In a later interview, she was unable to say when the government's plan to "stop the boats" bringing people across the Channel would be delivered. "But is that true about the deal in Portland?" [Sunday morning of breakfast time TV interrogation](https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-rishi-sunak-hails-uk-joining-cptpp-trade-deal-with-opportunities-for-new-jobs-growth-and-innovation-12593360), the home secretary failed to answer four - yes, four - key questions about Rishi Sunak's "stop the boats" pledge. - First, interviewed on Sophy Ridge on Sunday, Ms Braverman was asked: "Will flights to Rwanda take off by the summer?" In a torrid Sunday morning of breakfast time TV interrogation, the home secretary failed to answer four - yes, four - key questions about Rishi Sunak's "stop the boats" pledge.

One MP said the Home Secretary's claims were within the rules but not 'in the spirit' of them.

Continued to claim running costs on the home with the most recent bills published by IPSA for August 2022. July 2020: Flipped her accommodation claim again to house in Bushey she bought with her husband for £1.2million. Told IPSA: “I ceased to claim for the rental of my Fareham property in 2017 and claim solely for the utility bills associated with my London home. Ms Braverman, who is on a mission to deport asylum seekers in the UK, has also vowed to crack down on the benefits 'culture'. I claim solely for bills associated with my London flat when in Westminster.” In 2020/2021 it appears she was able to claim £5,154.57, almost all her bills. IPSA confirmed that could cover MPs who stay for free with family or friends, leaving them able to put in for utility bills on their main or only home. She doesn’t claim a penny from the taxpayer on this home.” The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority claims 'like the rest of us, MPs pay utility bills for their own homes' because 'IPSA pays utility bills for non-London MPs when they stay away from home'. Ms Braverman, who recently railed against a 'Benefits Street culture', told watchdogs she 'fully funds' the home she stays at in Fareham in Hampshire. Former Committee on Standards in Public Life chairman Sir Alistair Graham said: “This looks like an attempt to game the rules to maximise benefit. This is within the rules but not 'in the spirit' of them, one MP said.

THE Home Secretary has been accused of exploiting the system by claiming taxpayer's money to pay her own household bills amid the cost of living…

Continued to claim running costs on the home with the most recent bills published by IPSA for August 2022. - July 2020: Flipped her accommodation claim again to house in Bushey she bought with her husband for £1.2million. I do not claim for any costs at my Fareham home.” I claim solely for bills associated with my London flat when in They are able to claim for expenses “such as energy, utilities, internet and council tax”. She doesn’t claim a penny from the taxpayer on this home.” - June 2019: Moved out of flat and rented it out. In 2020/21, it appears Braverman was able to claim £5154.57. Is she manipulating the rules to strengthen her household income?” The system was overhauled in 2010 after the expenses scandal. This compensates for the additional costs of increased use such as energy, utilities, internet and council tax. Elsewhere, LibDem chief whip and North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain added: “If these reports are true, this would seem difficult to justify.

A Mirror investigation found she was living rent-free at her parents' home while not in London.

Continued to claim running costs on the home with the most recent bills published by IPSA for August 2022. July 2020: Flipped her accommodation claim again to house in Bushey she bought with her husband for £1.2million. Told IPSA: “I ceased to claim for the rental of my Fareham property in 2017 and claim solely for the utility bills associated with my London home. Since November 2017, she has claimed up to £5,500 a year on a flat in Pimlico, central London, then a house, also in the capital, believed to be Rael’s, and the Bushey place. I claim solely for bills associated with my London flat when in Westminster.” Instead, when she became MP for Fareham, she and her family made a home in her constituency so she could stay there. IPSA confirmed that could cover MPs who stay for free with family or friends, leaving them able to put in for utility bills on their main or only home. The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority claims “like the rest of us, MPs pay utility bills for their own homes” because “IPSA pays utility bills for non-London MPs when they stay away from home”. She doesn’t claim a penny from the taxpayer on this home.” Ms Braverman claimed the money to cover energy bills and other costs for her main home. Such expenses are in place so that MPs who live outside London are not out of pocket when running a second home closer to Westminster. She says she ‘fully funds’ her constituency accommodation, but does not reveal it is owned by her parents.

Home secretay Suella Braverman is facing accusations of milking the expenses system to get taxpayers to foot her £25000 energy bill.

It has the smell of a conspiracy to do that.’ Is she manipulating the rules to strengthen her household income? ‘The home secretary has chosen not to rent a home in her constituency for which she would be entitled to claim £17,000 a year, and therefore saving the taxpayer money,’ he said. It shows how out of touch some Conservative MPs have become.’ A source close to the senior MP, who has recently been in the news for her greatly controversial plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, would not confirm if she contributed to the costs of the house her parents Uma and Christie own. The home secretary has claimed the whopping sum in five years for her house in

The Home Secretary 'flipped' her second home allowance to claim £25000 in energy bills for her own family, says Fleet Street Fox. She's got a flipping ...

But there is a simple way out of this refreshed expenses scandal, and it is the same way out we had back in 2009 and which everyone ignored. Parliament starts late on a Monday, and takes Fridays off, purely so that they have time to travel to and from their constituency, which is where they should all live in the first place. Unless she thinks it'd be like living on a prison hulk, with risks of disease, damp, and cold that would shorten lives and make the inhabitants vulnerable to corruption by the worst elements of society. It was one designed by them, enshrined in law by them, and the chairman of the board which runs their "independent" regulator is appointed by the Speaker of the House of Commons. And while she complained about the cost to the taxpayer of housing migrants, she saw nothing wrong with the costs of housing MPs who already have three homes. After she married in 2018, she rented out her London flat, moved in with her new husband Rael, and 'flipped' the expenses to their marital home, claiming again for utility bills. Two years later, she told Parliamentary authorities she was living rent-free in a home in the constituency owned by her parents, so 'flipped' her claim for a flat in London which she already owned. It looks very much like she's claiming the whole whack, which means she and her husband are getting a nice warm house without any of the nice big bills. For the first two years, she claimed the rent on a home in the constituency. So she should have known the expenses rules were rewritten to avoid bad behaviour, and that as a result non-London MPs who own their second home are now helped only with utility bills, as otherwise they'd have to pay council tax, broadband, and energy twice. Somewhere in the middle is a woman in her 40s who feels put-upon by everyone, and is no doubt thinking, even as I type, that this story is a No, that £594.09 she claimed in May 2022 was used to pay the costs of her family home.