The home secretary unveils sweeping migration reforms: tougher action to deter small‑boat crossings, faster asylum decisions and removals, stricter age checks and new accommodation plans. Labour faces an internal split, while the opposition dismisses the package as a gimmick.

Ministers say the UK–France asylum-swap scheme is delivering: 113 people have been returned to France and 84 accepted from there since September. The Home Sec hails a milestone aimed at deterring Channel crossings and speeding removals, though arrivals remain high.

Wes Streeting dismissed claims he is part of a move to unseat the PM, insisting he is loyal and focused on his brief. Rumours of manoeuvres have grown amid forecasts of a tight Budget, but he said attention should be on delivery rather than leadership gossip.

An organiser of a £5bn cryptocurrency fraud that duped 128,000 people has been jailed for 11 years. Running the scheme from a UK mansion on a laptop, she laundered proceeds through shopping and trading. Assets were seized after investigators traced the network and identified the funds.