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Yvette Cooper's new asylum crackdown may fuel more dangerous Channel crossings, Reeve's tax hikes have hit one in five job vacancies at small firms and Epping council has been refused permission to appeal against a ruling allowing asylum hotels.

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1 | Labour's asylum crackdown may fuel small boat crossings, British Red Cross warns

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2 | Reeves' tax hikes have hit 'one in five job vacancies' at small firms as Labour urged to fix 'utter mess'

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3 |  Epping council refused permission to appeal asylum hotel decision

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4 | Trump blames the 'so fake' media for health rumors - but still sports a bruised hand in first appearance in days

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5 | Graham Linehan claims he was arrested at Heathrow Airport for posts about trans people

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Greta Thunberg's rousing speech before sailing to Gaza in aid flotilla

STAT OF THE DAY

29,000

The number of people who have made the journey across the channel so far this year, an increase of almost 8,000 on the same period in 2024. 

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"I won't stand on the shoreline and shout at the sea"

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said as she denounced calls by Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch for tougher action on migrants.

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