Southport Inquiry blames parents AND authorities for significant failings | Plus: Keir Starmer’s latest Brexit betrayal and Reform vows to abolish indefinite leave to remain

About this episode

Julia Hartley-Brewer discusses the Southport Inquiry's findings on parental and governmental failings, Keir Starmer's Brexit plans, and immigration issues with guests.

Chris Parry and Julia discuss the Southport Inquiry - which found major failings among government agencies who failed to take responsibility for Axel Rudacabana - despite warning signals that he was a threat. The report also blamed his parents for their failure to prevent Mr Rudacabana’s attack.  Meanwhile, Keir Starmer is facing fury over plans critics say would tie Britain back to Brussels by the back door, with ministers seeking sweeping powers to align UK food and agriculture rules with future EU law without full parliamentary scrutiny. Julia Hartley-Brewer is joined by Conservative commentator Benedict Spence to ask whether Labour is quietly unpicking Brexit, and why voters are still being told that every economic woe, from stagnation to inflation, is somehow Brexit’s fault. They also react to Reform UK’s latest intervention on immigration, as Nigel Farage lays out the claimed cost of the “Boris wave” of legal migration under Boris Johnson. With warnings that 1.6 million arrivals between 2021 and 2024 could leave British households facing a £20,000 bill through pressure on welfare, the NHS and infrastructure, Julia asks whether Westminster is finally being forced to…

People in this episode

Host: Julia Hartley-Brewer

Guests: Chris Parry, Benedict Spence

Topics covered

• Southport Inquiry
• Keir Starmer
• Brexit
• immigration
• mass migration
• indefinite leave to remain
• Iran crisis
• Donald Trump

Keywords

• government agencies
• Axel Rudacabana
• EU law
• economic woes
• Boris wave
• welfare
• NHS
• infrastructure

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Britain, Brussels, UK, Brexit, Iran, Tehran, the Strait of Hormuz, US, the Chagos Islands

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