Author: Emmanuel

Leaking details from a National Security Council (NSC) meeting is “utterly dysfunctional and destructive”, Harriet Harman has said.While there are often briefings out of cabinet and Parliamentary Labour Party meetings, revealing details of top-secret talks held by the NSC “should be a red line”, the former deputy Labour leader said. Her comments on Sky’s Electoral Dysfunction podcast come after intimate details of NSC deliberations held just preceding and following the beginning of the US-Israeli war on Iran were revealed by The Spectator.Iran war latest – follow liveThe magazine reported that at a meeting last Friday, Sir Keir Starmer wanted to…

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Shabana Mahmood has defended her plans for forced deportation of children under her new asylum rules. The home secretary has said the government is consulting on precisely how the removal of families with children will work. Politics Live: UK to send more fighter jets to the Middle EastSpeaking to Trevor Phillips on Sky News on Thursday, Ms Mahmood said it was important to “enforce” the law.She said: “This is about immigration enforcement and it’s about being in a process where you are able to enforce your rules. “If you don’t do that, the flip side is you just end up picking…

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