E-gate failure shows UK is unprepared for the EU’s new Entry/Exit scheme

[ Europe’s border checks are set to change as part of post-Brexit travel arrangements (Photo: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images) More than 270 e-gates rolled out at 15 air and rail ports across the UK since a pilot at Manchester and Stansted airports in 2008 were installed to make border control cheaper and more efficient … Read more

Electric car sales record their best ever start to a year

[ Electric vehicles recorded their best ever start to the year, new data show, as more people look to become more environmentally friendly. Some 17 per cent of new car sales were electric between January and April this year, pushing sales over 100,000 in 2024, according to New AutoMotive, an independent transport research organisation. It … Read more

Home Office sacks chief immigration inspector who made border failings claim

[ The Home Office has sacked its chief immigration inspector after he claimed that high-risk aircraft are landing in Britain without security checks on passengers. David Neal “breached” the terms of his appointment and had “lost the confidence of the Home Secretary”, the department said. Mr Neal, who was independent chief inspector of borders and … Read more