Until Labour gets a Rwanda-style deterrent, migration will be a gaping hole in the Budget

Migration a gaping hole in Budget

WE ALL know the Budget is going to be a hard sell and tough decisions have to be made.

But Rachel Reeves tells us she will focus on striving Brits struggling to make a living.

The Chancellor pledges help for people stuck on NHS waiting lists, children in crumbling classrooms and workers who can’t afford their own homes.

For that she is to be applauded.

Low-wage workers need a lifeline, which is why raising fuel duty for the first time in 14 years would be disastrous.

Creating growth to kickstart the economy is more difficult.

Raising £20billion by hiking private companies’ National Insurance contributions will come with consequences for jobs.

Businesses are already facing costly new employment laws that are likely to put the squeeze on hiring.

The Government must not stifle the very sector that is vital to Britain’s recovery.

Rachel Reeves also attacks the £700million cost of the Rwanda scheme as a “staggering waste”.

But yesterday new figures revealed almost 30,000 migrants have crossed the Channel so far this year, more than in the whole of 2023.

The bill just to process these new arrivals is already an eye-watering £3.2billion.

Until Labour gets a Rwanda-style deterrent, this crisis will continue to blow a financial hole of its own in the Chancellor’s growth plans.

YouTube's bad rap

IT’S bad enough that YouTube is hosting drill rap videos that promote violence at all.

But today we reveal it is still hosting a video that portrays Chris Kaba, the gangland thug shot dead by a police officer, as a fallen hero — and profiting from it.

Among the ads that pop up before the clip is one for the National Trust.

How can YouTube justify making cash from videos that do nothing but glorify vicious, gun-toting criminals?

Streets fighter Wills

PRINCE William reveals in a new documentary that he has told his children about the plight of the homeless.

This is a vital cause that was very close to his own mother Diana’s heart, and his devotion to it is inspiring.

By passing on his compassion to the next generation, William has shown once again that the future of the monarchy could not be in safer hands.