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When I heard about grooming gangs where almost every individual involved is of Pakistani heritage, I can’t help noting that. But I can’t helping noting the fact that Rochdale is a town that means something to me, and I’m also of Pakistani heritage.
I want to send a very strong signal to people who do think about making this journey – we will do everything we can to make sure it is not a success in the sense that I don’t want people to think that if they leave a safe country like France that they can get to Britain and just get to stay.
I want to start by making a pledge, a pledge to those from the Windrush generation who have been in this country for decades and yet have struggled to navigate through the immigration system: This never should have been the case, and I will do whatever it takes to put it right.
I see people all the time today, and they really don’t care if their doctor is of Pakistani origin; what they care about is that they are getting a good service, and these are people that they do really see as British. I do think society has changed very positively like that.
I’m the British home secretary. My job is to protect the British public.
What we’re going to do is have an immigration system that’s in our national interest, and that’s not what we’ve had up until now, We’ve had freedom of movement, which means we haven’t been in control of who enters our country – those individuals have, just because of their nationality. And that’s going to change.
Some people say these aren’t huge numbers, but let’s also remember that our job here is to make sure this doesn’t turn into a new route for ever-increased illegal migration, so I want to stop it now as much as I possibly can.
People want to see politicians who are not afraid to speak the truth. They want them to be honest, no matter how uncomfortable it is.
To apologize for the Balfour Declaration would be to apologize for the existence of Israel and to question its right to exist. Here in Britain, we will not merely mark the centenary – we will celebrate it with pride.
As Culture Secretary, I realised how you can use sport to do so many other good things for society.
I’m going to start by making a confession. My name’s Sajid Javid. And I used to be a banker. No point denying it.
We have a workforce crisis across the NHS with around 100,000 vacancies.
Imagine what we could achieve if we had more Conservative MEPs in the European Parliament in terms of getting a better deal for Britain and negotiating fundamental reform and putting that in a referendum to the British people.
My decision to appoint an inspector is not taken lightly. I hope it sends a strong signal that robust processes are in place to investigate allegations of failures in financial management and governance in local government.
If you don’t speak English, then there is no way you can take full advantage of the opportunities that modern Britain has to offer you.
I’ve huge responsibilities in this job. The biggest is to keep everyone safe. Like many others, I’ve seen the effects of crime close up, and I worry about my kids.
For all its bluster, the BDS campaign is most notable, I think, for its lack of success. Trade is booming; tourism is soaring. The media campaign is full of sound and fury, but to the majority of Britain today, it signifies nothing.
My background wasn’t an issue for her or for her family. But if someone had said to my parents back in the 1970s that one of their children would have a mixed marriage, I think they’d have thought that was very unusual.
I see neither the sense nor the need to stick to an immigration figure devised nearly a decade ago, which has never been met and does not fit the requirements of the country.
What people want – and they will get – is control of our own system, with a lower and sustainable level of net migration. And, above all, that has to mean one thing: an end to freedom of movement.
I am a proud, British-born Muslim, and I love my country more than any other place on earth.
Today, I don’t think anyone would think that a mixed-race couple looks odd; I think it’s considered perfectly normal. In a very short time frame, the country has changed so much, and for the better. Britain has become, I think, the most tolerant and open-minded country in the world.
When it comes to human life, clearly I want to make sure we are doing all we can to protect people, and we must remember that this is one of the most treacherous stretches of water that there is – 21 miles, people taking grave risks.
Sending genuine refugees to face persecution in order to dissuade others from seeking to come here is plainly illegal.
Setting an immigration target reduced to the tens of thousands is one thing when unemployment is running at 8 per cent. Refusing to review it when the country nears full employment and sectors are reporting skills shortages is quite another.
My mother was a tremendous influence – and still is – on my brothers and me in terms of the work ethic and values and making sure that we never forget where we’ve come from and are grateful for what we’ve got.
I do think there are some big questions here about approach, about how people are treated. I was brought up in very challenging areas.
I’m very much aware of the need for politicians to be careful with language as well as what they do.
I’ve used the word ‘compliant’ environment, and what that means is it’s absolutely right that we have an environment in terms of our immigration policy that distinguishes between people that are here legally and those that are here illegally.
When people go to vote still in Britain, they will look at their local representatives, but I don’t think there is a sort of cult of personality politics. Obviously, they want to know who the leader is for each party, but I think there is a lot of identification with their local candidates.
