26-04-2018 18:23 via theguardian.com

How Amber Rudd came up to speed on migrant removal targets

In 24 hours, the home secretary went from having no idea about the targets to scrapping them
“I don’t know what you’re referring to,” said Amber Rudd, the home secretary, as she was questioned about the existence of targets for removing migrants from the UK.Yvette Cooper, the chair of the Commons home affairs select committee, could barely contain her incredulity on Wednesday. Moments earlier, the head of the union for immigration workers had confirmed there were net targ
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