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Brown ends years on all-time low

Gordon Brown has continued his political slide into the parliamentary recess, with the latest opinion poll putting his personal approval rating at an all-time low. After an uncritical reception that coined the term “Brown bounce”, the prime minister ends the year with less than half the country backing him. A YouGov poll for the Daily… Read more »

Officials have “no interest” in deporting foreign prisoners

Immigration officials have “no interest” in deporting thousands of foreign prisoners, a leaked memo shows. Guidance sent from Michael Spurr, the director general of the Prison Service, to prison officers reveals officials at the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) “as a rule.have no interest” in deporting foreign nationals who were in jail for less than… Read more »