Live Breaking News & Updates on Robertjenrick

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 21:21:00

Parts of england are still dealing with significant flooding. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place in central and southern england, and the environment agency says river and groundwater levels remain high. let s just take a moment to share some of the images from the today s flooding. here in essex, a family had to be rescued from their car by inflatable boat, after the vehicle became stuck in the water. this drone footage filmed near newark in nottinghamshire gives an idea of how widely spread the flooding is. the local mp, robertjenrick, said the scene was biblical in extent, and the flooding was the worst the area had experienced for more than two decades. and this was the damage caused when the river trent reached its highest level on record at the torksey lock caravan park, near lincoln. electricity and drainage have been cut, and almost half of the caravans on the site have been affected. it was all right one day and then it just zoomed up, it covered everything. i think we got about an inch to go

Place , Flooding , Environment-agency , Levels , River , Southern-england , Flood-warnings , Parts , Groundwater , Central , 200 , Some

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 20:20:00

And that s all the sport for now. parts of england are still dealing with significant flooding. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place in central and southern england and the environment agency says river and groundwater levels remain high. let s just take a moment to share some of the images from the today s flooding. here in essex, a family had to be rescued from their car by inflatable boat, after the vehicle became stuck in the water. this drone footage filmed near newark in nottinghamshire gives an idea of how widely spread the flooding is. the local mp, robertjenrick, said the scene was biblical in extent and the flooding was the worst the area had experienced for more than two decades. and this was the damage caused when the river trent reached its highest level on record at the torksey lock caravan park, near lincoln. electricity and drainage have been cut and almost half of the caravans on the site have been affected. it was all right one day and then it just zoomed up, it covered everything. i think we got about an inch to go

Some , Place , Flooding , Environment-agency , Flood-warnings , River , Levels , Southern-england , Groundwater , Parts , Sport , Central

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 15:45:00

Opposition, the shadow home secretary yvette cooper has said they think this plan is a common and they think this plan is a common and they described it as gimmicks rather than getting a grip. i think the real issue for mr xi is within his own party members because there are clearly many people like robert jenrick who we heard from their whether the scheme will be effective. they have already tried twice and the legislation has not been strong enough. and rishi sunak has only one more chance at this. the concerns were not humanitarian or moral, only that it wouldn t act as naff as the deterrent. and as you are saying, telling him to consider his popularity with the base in terms of his opinion on this. he has made great efforts to show how much he cares about the rwanda policy,

Rishi-sunak , Issue , Plan , Labour-party , Gimmicks , Grip , Xi , Shadow-home-secretary , Yvette-cooper , People , Legislation , Party

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 19:16:00

And southern england and the environment agency says river and groundwater levels remain high. let s just take a moment to share some of the images from the today s flooding. here in essex, a family had to be rescued from their car by inflatable boat, after the vehicle became stuck in the water. this drone footage filmed near newark in nottinghamshire gives an idea of how widely spread the flooding is. the local mp, robertjenrick, said the scene was biblical in extent and the flooding was the worst the area had experienced for more than two decades. and this was the damage caused when the river trent reached its highest level on record at the torksey lock caravan park, near lincoln. electricity and drainage have been cut and almost half of the caravans on the site have been affected. it was all right one day, then itjust zoomed up, it covered everything. i think we ve got about an inch to go before it comes into our caravan and we are three rows back from the very bottom ones. so when high tide comes again i reckon

Flooding , Some , Environment-agency , Family , Levels , River , Water , Groundwater , Images , Vehicle , Car , Southern-england

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 15:42:00

The scheme to send some asylum seekers to rwanda for processing and potentially resettlement, in order to deter people from crossing the english channel in small boats, was first announced by then prime minister borisjohnson in april 2022. former cabinet minister, robertjenrick, resigned as immigration minister last year, saying the government s emergency rwanda legislation does not go far enough . today he spoke to sky news and says the prime minister needs to strengthen the bill. i know the prime minister very well and i believe that he does see the urgent need to control our borders, to get the rwanda plan up and running, because that s such a critical element to stopping the small boat crossings. but it is important that we get that right. and as i said last year, i don t think that the bill that s going through parliament is sufficient. if we say we re going to do whatever it takes, we have to d0 whatever it takes. and that means strengthening that bill. is the prime minister committed to it? well, i hope that he will strengthen the bill that s

People , Rishi-sunak , Boats , Scheme , Processing , Resettlement , Order , Asylum-seekers , English-channel , Boris-johnson , 2022-former , 2022

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 18:20:00

Humanitarian aid and securing the release of the more than 130 hostages still being held. he said far too many palestinians have been killed, especially children and he said the focus needs to be on steps to ensure that 0ctober ensure that october the 7th never happens again. we will keep across all developments on his visit to the region. parts of england are still dealing with significant flooding. more than 200 flood warnings remain in place in central and southern england and the environment agency says river and ground water levels remain high. let s just take a moment to share some of the images from the today s flooding. here in essex, a family had to be rescued from their car by inflatable boat, after the vehicle became stuck in the water. this drone footage filmed near newark in nottinghamshire gives an idea of how widely spread the flooding is. the local mp, robertjenrick, said the scene was biblical in extent and the flooding was the worst the area had experienced for more than two decades.

Focus , Hostages , Release , Steps , Children , Aid , Palestinian , 130 , Region , Visit , 7th , England

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 22:45:00

Rishi sunak did fund the scheme as chancellor and that, as prime minister, he has made it one of his central priorities. they also point out that, as prime minister, he is the only person in 10 downing street who has seen a reduction in terms of the number of small boat crossings in the past year. but the labour party, the uk labour party, which is the official opposition, there shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, has said that they think this plan is a con and they have described it as gimmicks rather than getting a grip. i think the real issue for rishi sunak is going to be within his own party members because there are clearly lots of people like robertjenrick, who we heard from there, who have concerns about whether the rwanda bill will be effective. as robertjenrick pointed out, they have already tried twice and the legislation has not been strong enough to get planes leaving to rwanda, and in his words, rishi sunak only has one more chance at this. from today, more than 20 million people in work in the uk will pay lower national insurance contributions.

Wouldn-t , Rishi-sunak , Number , Terms , Scheme , Priorities , Boat , Person , Chancellor , Reduction , Downing-st , 10-downing-street

Transcripts for BBCNEWS BBC News 20240604 17:50:00

The bbc, the prime minister was always fully behind the principle of the scheme as a deterrent. the scheme to send some asylum seekers to rwanda for processing and potentially resettlement, in order to deter people from crossing the english channel in small boats, was first announced by then prime minister bori5johnson in april 2022. former cabinet minister, robertjenrick, re5igned a5 immigration minister last year saying the government s emergency rwanda legislation does not go far enough . today he spoke to sky news and says the prime minister needs to strengthen the bill. i know the prime minister very well and i believe that he does 5ee the urgent need to control our borders, to get the rwanda plan up and running, because that s such a critical element to stopping the small boat cro55ings. but it is important that we get that right. and as i said last year,

Rishi-sunak , People , Scheme , Boats , Deterrent , Bbc , Processing , Principle , Asylum-seekers , Resettlement , Order , English-channel

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsnight 20240604 21:34:00

On human rights to be put front and centre of the next election if the supreme court rules that migrant deportation flights to rwanda are indeed illegal. and robertjenrick, the immigration minister, who had chastised the above lee anderson, has himself this week contributed to some confusion over exactly where the government stands on where to house migrants. we always house people in decent, legally compliant accommodation, but it s not right that people can pick and choose and expect to be put up in four star hotels, and that s the change that we are bringing about. the problem for the immigration minister is that the government has contracted some four star hotels for exactly that purpose. the transformation of one, the stradey park hotel in the suburbs of llanelli in south wales, from wedding destination and spa into what will become a hostel for more than 200 migrants has sparked furious protests amongst locals, many of whom believe it will hit the economy in the town. here s yasminara.

Immigration-minister , Rwanda , Election , Supreme-court , Deportation , Centre , Robertjenrick , Lee-anderson , Front , Welsh-government , People , Migrants

Transcripts for BBCNEWS Newsnight 20240604 21:44:00

Came? why have small boats we of all this? it is awful, isn t it - came? why have small boats we have so little to show for it, but when you have all these terrible stories coming in. you have all these terrible stories coming inm coming in. there has been a shooting coming in. there has been a shooting in coming in. there has been a shooting in the coming in. there has been a shooting in the foot, - coming in. there has been a shooting in the foot, robert i coming in. there has been a l shooting in the foot, robert jan shooting in the foot, robert jan rick saying no a star hotels, lee anderson saying immigration policy is failing. robertjenrick. yes, and we passed the 100,000 mark, so it is comprehensively. it is like a mirror image, how not to do a media week. 100,000 migrants and record small boats began in 2018. since those records, they didn t all come in small boats, but according to government figures, is there any indication that the government s hardened stance is deterring would be migrants? we hardened stance is deterring would-be migrants?- hardened stance is deterring would-be migrants? hardened stance is deterring would-be miarants? ~ , , ., would-be migrants? we see loads of as lum would-be migrants? we see loads of asylum seekers would-be migrants? we see loads of asylum seekers day would-be migrants? we see loads of asylum seekers day in, would-be migrants? we see loads of asylum seekers day in, day - would-be migrants? we see loads of asylum seekers day in, day out, - would-be migrants? we see loads of asylum seekers day in, day out, of l asylum seekers day in, day out, of course, asylum seekers day in, day out, of course, because we were giving humanitarian aid across hundreds of hotels humanitarian aid across hundreds of hotels to humanitarian aid across hundreds of hotels to thousands of asylum seekers hotels to thousands of asylum seekers day in and day out. for people seekers day in and day out. for people who have been through the worsl people who have been through the worst experiences of their lives, kidnap, worst experiences of their lives, kidnap, torture, rape, violence,

Isn-t-it , Hotels , Boats , Shooting , Foot , Stories , Robertjenrick , Lee-anderson , Immigration-policy , Robert-lloyd , Inm-coming-in , Mark