All news on the topic: Stephen Kinnock

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Over 50,000 asylum seekers in perma-backlog due to botched Tory legislation
A damning report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warned Home Office 'chaos' is costing taxpayers millions of pounds with 55,000 in permanent limbo
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Port Talbot steelworkers protest over Tata threat to jobs and 'UK security'
Tata last month rejected proposals from unions that would have secured jobs while still transitioning to more environmentally friendly ways of producing steel
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​Tory Therese Coffey's attack on Labour backfires in excruciating Commons moment
The Tory MP attempted to scold Yvette Cooper over Rwanda, saying the Shadow Home Secretary couldn't 'get the name of the country right' after referring to Kigali - the capital
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Migrants outnumbered two to one by guards on deportation flights
Guards hired by outsourcing firm Mitie outnumbered migrants two to one on flights deporting migrants and foreign offenders, with the Government spending more than £3million removing them from the UK
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Rishi Sunak investigated over 'barefaced lie' asylum backlog has been cleared
Ministers claimed to have cleared a 'legacy' backlog of applications made before June 28 last year, but figures show more than 4,500 of these are still waiting an initial decision
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UK's broken asylum system in numbers as Tories accused of making false claims
Home Office figures released today reveal that nearly 100,000 asylum seekers are still waiting for an initial decision and Home Secretary James Cleverly was accused of fudging figures
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Rwanda may have been given more cash on top of £140m for illegal asylum scheme
Home Office chief Sir Matthew Rycroft told MPs that there are 'additional' payments agreed with Rwanda on top of the £140million already handed over - and Tory Lee Anderson was among those voicing his anger
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Union leaders back plan to save 2,300 jobs at Britain's biggest steelworks
The Community and GMB unions have thrown their weight behind a plan drawn-up by experts they drafted in, which could help save "virgin" steelmaking at Port Talbot
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British steelmaking facing 'lethal cliff edge' as thousands wait to hear fate
Labour frontbencher Stephen Kinnock, who chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Steel, attacked the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Britain's biggest steelworks
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Tories to shut 50 asylum hotels - but won't say where amid cynical rumours
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said that 50 of an estimated 400 hotels used to house asylum seekers would be emptied by January, but was challenged over whether they'd be in marginal seats
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Asylum seekers forced back onto barge after deadly bacteria outbreak
A total of 39 migrants were put on the barge moored in Portland, Dorset, in August, but they were removed within days after legionella bacteria was discovered in the water supply
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Asylum lawyers threatened with acid attacks and pet killings by far-right thugs
Lawyer James Elliott read out a chilling letter received by his office which threatened to "deal with" those who assist asylum seekers - saying someone will be killed if politicians don't dial down hate speech
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'Don't punish British steelmakers for doing the right thing', warns Labour MP
Frontbencher Stephen Kinnock issued the plea to the Government as he addressed industry experts at the UK Metals Expo in Birmingham and outlined Labour's plan for the sector
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Tories told to scrap cheap foreign labour loophole and get a grip on immigration
Labour says it will 'end the licence to undercut pay' by employing staff from abroad and focus on training UK workers ahead of the latest immigration figures being published
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£3million wasted on empty Bibby Stockholm could pay for 70,000 GP appointments
Just 39 asylum seekers were moved onto the barge before it had to be evacuated four days later after legionella bacteria was detected in the water - it now sits empty in Portland
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First migrants could board barge off Dorset today despite over-crowding fears
Ministers have refused to confirm exactly when asylum seekers will step onto the vessel moored on the Isle of Portland - but reports suggest it could happen within hours
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Labour would use barges to house migrants while asylum applications processed
Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock confirmed the party would continue to house migrants on vessels like the Bibby Stockholm, despite a huge public outcry
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Afghan heroes in UK face 'disastrous rise in homelessness' amid hotel evictions
Shadow Immigration Minister Stephen Kinnock warned that thousands of Afghans face being booted out of their "temporary" accommodation two years after fleeing the Taliban
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Tory small boats bill 'boosts gangs behind industrial scale sexual exploitation'
In a scathing assessment of Suella Braverman's callous Illegal Migration Bill, Dame Diana Johnson told MPs that the measures will empower criminal gangs who allow women to be raped 'multiple times a day'
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Rishi Sunak savagely mocked as Tory immigration plan shredded to pieces
Labour's shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock told MPs that the PM had given a jubilant 'victory jig' when small boat crossings fell slightly - only for them to skyrocket in the following weeks
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Steelworkers march on Parliament demanding help to save 'crisis-hit' industry
Hundreds of steelworkers converged on Westminster to highlight the threat to their industry and call on the Government to help the switch the "green steel"
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Steelworkers march on Parliament in last-ditch bid to save 'crumbling' industry
Staff from Britain's six steelmaking firms will converge on Westminster for a rally minutes before Prime Minister's Questions
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Dangerous Channel crossings reach highest daily total in 2023 so far
Rishi Sunak first vowed to 'stop the boats' six months ago and has made tackling the Channel crossings a priority for the Government
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Tories 'murdered' manufacturing, says union leader amid fury at missing plan
MPs and unions today blasted the lack of an industrial strategy from the Government as fears grow about the impact on a series of firms and the wider economy
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Rishi Sunak is accused of having 'no grip' on immigration amid record levels
Labour’s blast came as official figures showed 606,000 more people came to the UK than left last year, despite Conservative pledges to slash numbers
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