TORY leadership rivals are right to make immigration a key battleground as they slug it out during their party conference.
Millions of Britons are concerned about unsustainable levels of migration and the last Government’s failure to get a grip on our borders — despite promises to the contrary — was inevitably punished at the ballot box.
The Tories need to show they now have a plan.
Not everyone who comes here respects our values and freedoms.
More than that, the whole economic argument for mass migration is flawed.
Our public services and infrastructure have not kept pace with rapid population growth since Tony Blair first opened the floodgates.
Access to GPs and hospital treatment is under growing pressure and net migration accounts for almost 90 per cent of the increase in England’s housing deficit over the past ten years.
While immigration has added greatly to our country, too many of those coming here in recent years take more from the economy than they contribute.
Meanwhile, there are millions of inactive Britons — while employers continue to recruit cheap labour from abroad.
Ideas from the party conference this week on how to balance genuine welfare needs with the urgent task of getting benefits claimants off hand-outs and into work, are vital.
That is how to tackle the immigration issue and turn around our economy.
PROSECUTING people who don’t pay the BBC licence fee is morally indefensible in the era of Netflix and YouTube.
So it is positive news that Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood are uncomfortable with the nearly 1,000 prosecutions a week and are considering ending them.
They are said to agree taxpayers should not bear the cost of policing the Beeb’s outdated £169.50 levy.
The bad news is that the persecution will continue for at least two more years.
That could mean another 100,000 people criminalised for not paying for a BBC service they might not even use.
The Government needs to scrap not only the prosecutions — but also be ready to get rid of the licence fee altogether.
WHILE the Tory leadership race drags on, the Government has at least found it has some effective opposition.
Take a bow Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield who, after quitting Labour in disgust, looks set to be a champion for pensioners starved of the winter fuel allowance and women whose rights have been abandoned to woke warriors.
She will doubtless also be a thorn in the side for unelected characters looking to wield influence over the Government.
THIS is the shocking moment when former Love Island star Ovie Soko dislocated Chris Robshaw’s shoulder.
The celebrities were tasked with boxing each other, and the pair were involved in a brutal fight on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.
Ovie, 33, signed up to compete on the survival show alongside the likes of fellow reality stars Pete Wicks, Bobby Norris and Georgia Harrison.
However, the former ITV2 personality was engaged in a gruelling boxing bout against the former England Rugby player.
The fight between the duo was stopped after Chris claimed that his shoulder was dislocated.
After the incident, he was then rushed to see the show’s expert medical team.
Chris, 38, was then examined by seasoned expedition leader Dr Raj Joshi who asked him to tightly squeeze his fingers in the examination.
He then informed the star: “Okay. So your shoulder is unstable.
“This could pop at any time. So for that reason, I’m gonna have to medically withdraw you from the course.”
Dr Raj added: “It’s just one of those things, yeah, all right, yeah, okay. I’m gonna have a chat with the DS.”
The former athlete couldn’t help but reflect on his journey on the hit Channel 4 endurance show.
He stated: “As a sports person. You gradually come to terms with your body can’t do it.
“Your body’s not what is 10 years ago. When you do get to that stage where you do have to, unfortunately, move on from what you love doing, it’s really hard.”
Chris was the eleventh recruit into the notoriously tough process which sees a number of celebrity stars put in harsh environments around the world.
Their two-week long training course is designed to replicate the actual United Kingdom Special Forces selection course.
He was the fourth recruit to drop out of the process after Tez Ilyas was culled, Marnie Simpson and John Barrowman withdrew.
Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins is available to watch on Channel 4.
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