MPs vote to support the Illegal Migration Bill by 289 to 230 – as it happened
by Nadeem Badshah (now) and Andrew Sparrow (earlier) from on (#6B5PG)
Theresa May had warned bill will cause more people to be consigned to modern slavery while Geoffrey Cox also raised concerns. This blog is now closed
Q: [From Matthew Barber, the police and crime commissioner for Thames Valley] What can the Home Office do to cut bureaucracy for the police?
Braverman says, if someone is having a mental health crisis, there should be a healthcare response, not a police response. She says police officers are having to spend too much time in hospital with people.
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