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Video shows the first migrants detained under the UK’s new “one in, one out” deal with Emmanuel Macron, who could be sent back to France within weeks.People who were detained were among those who risked the Channel crossing on Wednesday, the day the pilot scheme began operating.Around 155 people were detected making the crossing on Wednesday in two boats.Sir Keir Starmer wrote on X: “I said that if you enter this country on a small boat, you will face detention and return. I meant it.”Under the pilot scheme, UK officials aim to make referrals for returns to France within three days of a migrant’s arrival by small boat, while French authorities will respond within 14 days. More

Kemi Badenoch has said she no longer identifies as Nigerian and has not renewed her Nigerian passport since the early 2000s.Speaking to Gyles Brandreth’s Rosebud podcast, the Conservative leader, who was born in London and raised in Lagos and the United States, said: “I’m Nigerian through ancestry, by birth, despite not being born there because of my parents, but by identity I’m not really.”Ms Badenoch explained she felt “home is where my now family is”.The Tory politician was born in Wimbledon in 1980 before her parents took her home to Nigeria.She was one of the last people to receive birthright citizenship because she was born in the UK before these rules were abolished by Margaret Thatcher the following year. More

Watch as Donald Trump explains how the US ended inheritance tax on farmers whilst sitting next to a silent Sir Keir Starmer on Monday (27 July).During a press conference held as part of the US president’s four-day trip to Scotland, the pair were questioned on how important farmers are to a country.While Mr Trump did not comment on the UK’s ‘tractor tax’ plans, which will make farms valued at £1m or more liable for 20 per cent inheritance tax, he stated that the US had ended its federal levy on farmers.“There’s no estate tax on farmers, so when a parent leaves their farm, because a lot of these farms, they don’t make a lot of money, but it’s a way of life and they love that way of life.” More

Donald Trump hit out at London’s mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, describing him as a “nasty person” before Sir Keir Starmer jumped in to defend his friend.During a press conference in Scotland on Monday (28 July), the US president said when asked if he would be visiting the capital during his state visit later this year: “I’m not a fan of your mayor. I think he’s done a terrible job, the Mayor of London… a nasty person.”Jumping to the Labour mayor’s defence, the prime minister intervened to say: “He’s a friend of mine, actually.”Mr Trump added that he would “certainly visit London.” More

Jeremy Corbyn said he is “getting 500 people a minute” wanting to join his new political party.The former Labour leader launched a new outfit with Zarah Sultana that does not yet have a name, on Thursday (24 July), calling for a “mass redistribution of wealth and power”.Asked what the new name of his party would be, Mr Corbyn said: “We’re going to decide when we’ve had all the responses, and so far the response rate has been massive.“They’ve been coming in at 500 a minute wanting to support and join the new party.”He also said that he and Coventry South MP Ms Sultana are “working very well together”. More

Stephen Flynn joked he will be washing his hair when Donald Trump visits the UK.The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) Westminster leader, who is bald, told Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that he will find “any excuse possible” to avoid meeting the US president on his trip to Scotland.While insisting it was “absolutely right” that First Minister John Swinney meets Mr Trump, Mr Flynn quipped that he’d be “looking after his own toddlers” while the Republican is in the country. More

Stephen Flynn joked he will be washing his hair when Donald Trump is in the UK for his state visit in September.The Scottish National Party’s (SNP) Westminster leader, who is bald, told Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg that he will find “any excuse possible” to avoid meeting the US president on his visit to Scotland.While insisting it was “absolutely right” that First Minister John Swinney meets Mr Trump, Mr Flynn quipped that he’d be “looking after his own toddlers” while the Republican is in the country. More

Richard Tice claimed he has seen “people carry bag loads of postal votes to a polling station on election day” during a House of Commons urgent question on Labour’s strategy for elections on Thursday (17 July).Describing Reform UK’s opposition against giving 16 and 17-year-olds the vote at the next general election, the party’s deputy leader said they have “grave concerns about the risks to security and the risks of impersonation of postal voting.”Responding, democracy minister Rushanara Ali reassured Mr Tice: “Personating another voter is a deliberate act of fraud. It completely undermines our democracy and is a serious criminal offence that will continue to be prosecuted. If he has examples, he should report them to the police.” More