The Chancellor has branded Labour plans to reduce small boat crossings 'an absolute joke' instead saying they would encourage more people to come to the UK.
The Chancellor has branded Labour plans to reduce small boat crossings 'an absolute joke' instead saying they would encourage more people to come to the UK. Speaking to LBC’s Nick Ferrari at Breakfast the Chancellor has branded Labour plans to use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in small boats as 'an absolute joke.
"A business that pits nation against nation, thrives in the grey areas of our rules, the cracks between our institutions, where, they believe, they can exploit some of the most vulnerable people in the world with impunity."It's a vile trade that preys on the desperation and hope it finds in its victims.
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