Some of those serious criticisms that have been published this morning. It was really interesting, the emphasis on deregulation and that was the context for much of what had happened . The criticisms of what had happened . The criticisms of of what had happened . The criticisms of the of what had happened . Tue criticisms of the department for local government as it was. T for local government as it was. ,. , was. I am going to interrupt ou, was. I am going to interrupt you. Apologies you, apologies. Mr speaker, Yesterdays Incident in the channel were shocking and deeply tragic. 0ur shocking and deeply tragic. Our thoughts are with all of those who have lost their lives, and theirfamilies. We must have a renewed determination to end this. Mr speaker, the chair of the Grenfell Tower inquiry, he has today published the inquiry s phase two report, and i know that the whole house will be with the bereaved and the survivors of the Grenfell Tower Tragedy and the residents in the immediate co
To the people they are exploiting, you have never met a criminal gang. Those gangs are vile, they are making a huge amount of money. They are putting people in boats that they shouldnt be. We have to be serious about smashing those gangs and taking them down. That is where the Border Security command comes in. New command, new resources and new powers, including counterterrorism powers. We talk about small boats. That is the language that is used. If you look at the bouts that are being used these days, they are not that small. They are being made to order, stored in europe and moved up to the north coast of france. Vulnerable people are being put in them for money by violent gangs. I worked for years as a prosecutor and i worked with police and law in florence Law Enforcement across europe to take down these gangs. They are sophisticated gangs, by the way. I would never accept that it is impossible to take down the vile gangs that bring people in small boats to cross the channel. We w
Bordersecurity, migration, and Asylum Seekers crossing the channel in small boats are expected to be major issues during the uk election. Labour leader sir keir starmer is in dover, outlining how his party will tackle them. Heres what he had to say. Lets have a look at what labour is planning to do. Sir keir starmer is promising to set up a new Border Security command to crack down on people smugglers if his party wins power. He is also pledging to hire hundreds more Specialist Investigators and cross border police. Meanwhile, Counter Terror powers would be extended to cover organised immigration crime, including the power to search people suspected of being involved in People Smuggling, close bank accounts, restrict their travel and trace their movements before an offence has taken place. And he says £75 million of the money allocated for the first year of the Rwanda Scheme would fund its plans. As the first step in this plan, a new manifesto commitment. We will set up a new command
in a keynote speech this morning, saying they can trust labour with the nation s finances, security and borders. but the conservatives say he has no clear plan. we re expecting to hear from the labour leader in the next few minutes he s due to give his first major speech of the campaign. let s speak to emma purnell, a political commentator who is currently a member of the labour party. emma, we are expecting search care to appeal to voters that they can trust him? care to appeal to voters that they can trust him? yes, this is clearly a seech can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed at can trust him? yes, this is clearly a speech aimed at floating - can trust him? yes, this is clearly| a speech aimed at floating voters. 0n the thing about undecided voters is that they are considering labour, but they haven t yet made the final decision. so the speeches about reassuring any concerns they might have in areas whe