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UK must train own workers to curb migration – Braverman Home Secretary Suella Braverman is to give a speech later today where she will emphasise that calling mass migration “unsustainable” is not xenophobic. In her speech, she is expected to call for immigration to the UK to decrease. She will argue that the UK needs to train its own lorry drivers and fruit pickers so we don’t “forget how to do things for ourselves.” Braverman will emphasise the need for the government to fulfil the 2019 pledge to curb migration. As net migration figures for 2022 are expected to reach…

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A-levels and GCSEs: Covid support in place as exams begin Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland preparing for their GCSE and A-Levels have been told their grades will be protected from Covid disruptions as exams begin. While measures differ across the UK, this year’s exams aim to return to normalcy after the teacher-assessment-based results of 2020 and 2021. Unlike last year, students in England will not receive advance topic information and grades are expected to align with 2019 results. But there are some Covid measures from the previous year in place, such as spaced-out exams and support in certain…

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Today’s news summary – Paper Talk Monday’s front pages report on various topics including a preview of a speech by Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who will later warn that immigration risks British people forgetting “how to do things for ourselves”. Immigration speech Home Secretary Suella Braverman is set to address a gathering of right-wing Conservatives today and will reportedly call on PM Rishi Sunak to reduce net migration. According to The Daily Telegraph, she will argue that “mass and rapid migration is unsustainable” and that it is not xenophobic to say so. The Times reports that Braverman will also claim…

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The Ukrainian president leaving from the Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany (Picture: Shutterstock)

Volodymyr Zelensky will make a surprise visit to Britain today for a meeting with Rishi Sunak.

London will be the latest stop on his tour of European capitals after the president travelled to Paris for an audience with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.

Ukraine’s leader said he will ‘meet my friend Rishi’ and conduct what he described as ‘substantive negotiations face-to-face and in delegations’.

A statement on Twitter this morning read: ‘Today – London. The UK is a leader when it comes to expanding our capabilities on the ground and in the air.

‘This cooperation will continue today. I will meet my friend Rishi. We will conduct substantive negotiations face-to-face and in delegations.’

Today – London. The UK is a leader when it comes to expanding our capabilities on the ground and in the air. This cooperation will continue today. I will meet my friend Rishi. We will conduct substantive negotiations face-to-face and in delegations.— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) May 15, 2023

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