The UK’s terrorism threat level has been reduced from “severe” to “substantial,” Home Secretary Priti Patel announced on Wednesday. In a statement to the House of Commons, Patel said security experts at the independent Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre (JTAC) had made the decision on the basis of the latest intelligence available. The “substantial” rating means…
UK Military Given ‘Crucial’ Role in Operation Against Illegal Immigration in English Channel
The British government has given the armed forces a “crucial” role in the operation against illegal immigration in the English Channel, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has said. Answering questions in the House of Commons on Jan. 17, Patel said that she had commissioned the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as a “crucial operational partner to…
UK to Legislate Against Foreign Interference After Chinese Spy Found Operating in Parliament
January 17, 2022
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The British government will introduce new legislation to counter foreign interference, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has said after a Chinese Communist spy was found operating in Parliament. The UK’s MI5 security agency took the unusual step of sending an alert to Parliament on Jan. 12 warning that an individual named Christine Ching Kui Lee…
Chinese Spy Operating in UK Parliament Is ‘Tip of the Iceberg’: Senior Conservative
January 16, 2022
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Recent revelations of a Chinese communist spy operating in the British Parliament is “just the tip of the iceberg,” a senior Conservative lawmaker has said. Britain’s MI5 security agency took the unusual step of sending an alert to Parliament on Jan. 12 warning that an individual named Christine Ching Kui Lee has been “knowingly engaged…
UK Minister Calls for Stronger Laws After Chinese Spy Found Operating in Parliament
January 14, 2022
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The UK needs to strengthen its laws to prosecute foreign agents engaged in political interference activities, Home Secretary Priti Patel said after a Chinese Communist spy was found to have been operating in the British Parliament. Britain’s MI5 security agency took the unusual step of sending an alert to Parliament warning that an individual named…
Liverpool Bomber Was Practicing Muslim Despite Reported Conversion to Christianity: UK Coroner
The terrorist attacker who died in the Remembrance Sunday bomb blast in Liverpool had remained a “follower of Islam” despite his reported conversion to Christianity, a British coroner said on Thursday. Emad Al Swealmeen, 32, died in the blast in a taxi outside Liverpool Women’s Hospital shortly before 11 a.m. on Nov. 14. The taxi…
UK to Relax Immigration Rules for Care Workers Amid Staff Shortages
The UK government announced on Friday that it will relax immigration rules on care workers to tackle acute staff shortages in the social care sector. The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said it will make temporary changes to the health and care visa to make social care workers, care assistants, and home care…
‘No Quick Fix’ to Tackle Illegal Immigration Across English Channel: Patel
There is “no quick fix” to stop illegal immigrants arriving in the UK by crossing the English Channel in small boats, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said on Thursday, one day after the deadliest incident yet in the crisis. A dinghy carrying illegal immigrants capsized off the coast of the French port city of Calais…
UK Officer’s Widow Wins Fight to Toughen Sentencing for Killers of Emergency Workers
The widow of a British policeman who was killed after being dragged behind a getaway car has won government backing for mandatory life sentences for killers of emergency service workers. Police Constable Andrew Harper, 28, was killed while on duty in Berkshire, England, in August 2019. His three killers, Henry Long, 19, Albert Bowers, 18,…
Number of Illegal Immigrants Crossing English Channel Triples From 2020
The number of illegal immigrants who have reached the UK this year by crossing the English Channel in small boats has now tripled the total for the whole of 2020. At least 886 people succeeded in reaching the UK on Saturday, the Home Office confirmed on Monday. This brings the total for the year to…
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