@GBNEWS Mad @Ed_Miliband should be taken away and locked up before he creates a Stasi like state with his unnecessary unscientific and unbelievably costly Net Zero legislation.
2026, UK immigration enforcement activity
Under @UKLabour enforcement has
reached its highest level in history, following a significant surge in raids targeting businesses and the "black economy". This crackdown is part of a broader government strategy to restore order to the immigration system and reduce the "pull factors" that attract irregular migration
Surge in Raids and Arrests
Since July 2024, enforcement operations have seen a dramatic increase:
Total Raids: Over 17,400 business visits were conducted between July 2024 and December 2025, a 77% increase compared to the previous period
Total Arrests: These raids led to more than 12,300 arrests, representing an 83% rise
Regional Trends: The highest number of arrests occurred in London (2,100+ arrests, up 47%), followed by the West Midlands and the South West.
Targeted Sectors: Officers have focused on high-risk sectors, including nail bars, car washes, barbers, takeaway restaurants, and construction sites.
Gig Economy Crackdown: National "enforcement blitzes" have recently targeted illegal delivery riders, with one week in November 2025 alone resulting in 171 arrests
Impact on Deportations and Removals
The increase in arrests has translated into higher rates of returns and deportations:
Total Returns: Between July 2024 and March 2025, the UK recorded 24,103 returns, the highest rate in eight years.
Enforced Returns: There has been a 24% increase in enforced returns of individuals with no legal right to remain, with over 6,300 such removals recorded in the nine months following July 2024.
Direct Raid Outcomes: Of the individuals arrested during the recent record-breaking raids, approximately 1,726 have been returned so far—a 35% increase from the previous 18-month period.
Future Enforcement Measures
The government is implementing further legal and technological tools to sustain this momentum:
Expanded Checks: New laws under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025 extend right-to-work checks to gig economy and casual workers.
Increased Penalties: Employers found hiring illegal workers face fines of up to £60,000 per worker and potential prison sentences of up to five years.
Enhanced Evidence: Over 1,200 immigration officers are being equipped with body-worn video and mobile biometric fingerprinting kits to assist with on-the-spot arrests
As of early 2026, the UK government is continuing to expand the use of electronic monitoring (GPS tags) for asylum seekers, despite legal challenges and findings that previous trials were unlawful. [1, 2]
Key Developments in 2026:
Expansion Pilot: The Home Office is piloting GPS tagging for up to 600 asylum seekers who make "illegal and dangerous journeys" (e.g., small boats), with another 600 in a control group.
Targeted Areas: There are active proposals to use tagging at specific accommodation sites, such as the Crowborough army training camp
Following legal rulings, the government is focusing on tagging as a condition of immigration bail for those it considers likely to abscond, particularly those facing removal
Legal Aid/Support: The government is changing rules to reduce financial support and restrict legal appeals for asylum seekers
Refugee status becomes temporary in asylum shake-up
Any asylum seeker given refugee status in the UK will only be offered temporary protection, Home Secretary @ShabanaMahmood Mahmood has announced.
The measures will come into force for adults and accompanied children claiming asylum from Monday without a parliamentary vote as they simply change existing rules.
Under the new rules, asylum seekers' cases will be reviewed every 30 months, after which they could be sent to their country of origin, provided it is deemed safe to do so.
Unaccompanied children will also continue to receive five years' protection, while the government considers a long-term policy for this group.
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@GBNEWS Trying to force people to use EV's is the equivalent of flogging a dead horse. Not only are EVs expensive to buy, but they also have limited range and poor resale value. Fewer fossil fuel vehicles will also mean much higher taxes for EVs in the near future.
@GBNEWS The biggest threat to the UK Jewish population comes from the millions of Muslims, that both the Labour and Tory governments, allowed to migrate to the UK and set up their own communities and retain their medieval culture and values which hates Jews.
‘Not enough has been done!’
Chief Executive at the Antisemitism Policy Trust Danny Stone reacts to the government announcing Iran-backed criminals that commit antisemitic attacks would face up to 14 years in prison.
@GBNEWS@Keir_Starmer and this Labour government are doing what all Labour governments do and selling out future generations with their bloated borrowing to spend on the benefits system. Reform is the only antidote to reckless Labour government's.
‘The government is running a very high cash deficit, and that’s not going to abate anytime soon.’
Economist at the Adam Smith Institute Mitchell Palmer discusses government borrowing costs reaching a 28-year-high.
@ElaineW27472898@GBNEWS Agree. But it is easy to do a job sitting down at a desk rather than digging a hole in the road in the middle of winter at 67 years old.
For decades, the public has been misled by climate loons forecasting a climate armageddon when the reality is the earth climate has changed very little in recent times and any changes are due to natural phenomena not man's use of fossil fuels. Net Zero is unnecessary.
IPCC Admits Apocalyptic Climate Scenarios Are "Implausible" – Meaning Most Media Scare Stories Over Last 15 Years Are Officially Junk dailysceptic.org/2026/05/05/ipc… via @LD_Sceptics
@GBNEWS It's the right decision. No biological male should be allowed to compete in women only events just because they grow their hair and wear womens clothes.
@GBNEWS To make sure the UK taxpayer get value for money, any civil servant who doesn't go into the office every working day must be replaced by someone who is prepared to do the job they are paid for.
@GBNEWS The answer is easy. All those entering the UK illegally cannot claim asylum and must be held in secure detention centres in remote areas until their ID, country of origin, and the names of the criminals who help them are known.
‘Normalises violence.’
GB News contributor Will Kingston reacts to four Palestine Action activists who have been found guilty of criminal damage over a raid at the UK base of an Israeli-based defence company.
@GBNEWS How come British cops are still spending £100k a year on a 20 year old missing person case. How many other missing persons are getting the same expenditure, probably none because the cops don't get to spend weeks in sunny Portugal like they do with this one.
'What it suggests is that the British and the Germans are working closely together.'
Policing and criminal justice commentator Danny Shaw on the likelihood of Christian Brueckner facing trial for the murder of Madeline McCann
'The Government is taking action...'
'Well it's not working is it?!'
GB News' @EllieCostelloTV challenges Housing Secretary Steve Reed MP on Labour's failure to tackle illegal migrant Channel crossings.