Shabana Mahmood: “Today I also announce an independent root-and-branch review of the protective security provided by the state to those in…”

An attack on any individual in public life is an attack on every one of us, and it is an attack on democracy itself.

My message to the Eritrean government is simple: take back your nationals or face a complete ban on your citizens entering the UK.

I will not hesitate to impose further measures on other countries refusing to cooperate.

Eritrea has had every chance to accept the return of criminals and those with no right to be in the UK. Unlike other countries, it has refused.