Sir Matthew Rycroft, permanent secretary at the Home Office, made the admission to MPs on the Commons home affairs committeeBack at the home affairs committee, Diana Johnson, the Labour chair, is trying to find out how much the Home Office has spent on the Bibby Stockholm barge for asylum seekers.Not for the first time this morning, she does not have much luck. Simon Ridley, the interim second permanent secretary at the Home Office, tells her they will write to the committee with this information.Two weeks ago I was in Ukraine saying we needed to do everything we could to help the Ukrainians repel this appalling aggression by Putin. And I’ll be building consensus for that view here at Nato today.When you look at the big picture, what’s happened recently is the Ukrainians have a push to the Russian navy right back across the Black Sea. Continue reading...
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