Mohammed Alfatih, 40, reported to have been a bodyguard to Ismail Haniyeh, was granted asylum by David Cameron's government in 2015 and citizenship under Boris Johnson and Priti Patel in 2020. A Birmingham jury has now convicted him of unlawfully wounding a bailiff. Germany wants him extradited over an alleged plot to attack Jewish targets — a plot he has not been tried for.
Britain's foreign-born population has risen 55 per cent since 2015 to 13.1 million, or 19 per cent of the population, according to the OECD's International Migration Outlook, published on Thursday. The foreign-born share rose by six percentage points, the largest increase in the G7, though Germany was close behind and the United States and Germany added more people in absolute numbers.
Zia Yusuf demanded an apology from Chris Philp at Piddington on Friday, saying the village "would not be in this mess" if the Conservatives had secured the borders after "four consecutive elections." The clash came after Angela Rayner was reported to have approved a 1,256-place camp for single adult men nearby. A Home Office spokesman said a final decision to proceed has not been taken. Philp called Yusuf "disingenuous" and did not apologise.
A Restore Britain spokesman has acknowledged that James Allchurch, jailed for two and a half years for stirring up racial hatred, is a member of the party, while insisting he has no role in it.
David Cameron has said he and Kemi Badenoch "have some different outlooks" on foreign aid and net zero, but that he is "a team player" and she is "absolutely right" on the European Convention on Human Rights. The remarks come in his Bloomberg interview with Mishal Husain, published in full on Friday, in which he also said he was "absolutely available" if she became prime minister.
