9 Mar 2023

UK: Anger at illegal migrant bill, Hancock's WhatsApps leaked

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 9 March 2023

UK correspondent Dan Bloom joins Kathryn to talk about how Rishi Sunak is banking his election recovery on a pledge to "stop the boats", as the number of people arriving on dinghies across the Channel has exploded.

A new law would prevent migrants arriving this way from ever claiming asylum or settling in the UK, but it's outraged human rights charities and could be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.

Meanwhile former health secretary Matt Hancock has been burned by the leak of 100,000 WhatsApp messages, released by the anti-lockdown journalist who was the ghost-writer of his memoir

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock resigned on 26 June 2021

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