Almost 700 migrants have illegally crossed the Channel on the same day Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced plans to tackle the small boats crisis, GB News sources can confirm.

Keir Starmer has announced a 'one-in, one-out' deal to send migrants back to France if they try to arrive on small boats. The deal will see one illegal migrant sent back in exchange for an asylum seeker who has not tried to cross the Channel illegally.

Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are speaking to the media at the end of the French president's UK state visit. They are expected to announce a trial of a "one in, one out" deal to return 50 migrants who arrive by small boat to France a week.

Tricky negotiations lie ahead if the Prime Minister is to persuade France to give the UK access to a new EU weapons fund

Although MPs comfortably passed the government’s Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payments Bill by 336 votes to 242, dozens of Labour backbenchers thumbed their nose at the prime minister. Some 47 voted against the legislation, with a further 14 abstaining.

Andrew Griffith has warned Sir Keir Starmer of a mass exodus of Britain's top earners amid plans for a "wealth tax". Speaking to GB News, the Shadow Business and Trade Secretary cautioned the Prime Minister that Britons will have to "foot the bill" as there is "no magic money tree".

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Lobbyists have called the UK’s deregulatory agenda “insidious”, believing that the Labour government’s continued push to remove financial red tape is “damaging” consumers.

Former political editor of The Sun, Trevor Kavanagh, has launched a scathing attack on Sir Keir Starmer's handling of the migrant crisis, branding the Prime Minister's approach "a joke" during an appearance on GB News.