The French president did not hold back on how Brexit had created the small boats crisis - the reverse of the promises made by Farage and other Brexiteers, notes David Maddox

The ‘one in, one out’ scheme will start next week after it was agreed by Macron and Starmer on Thursday

Deal agreed the same day 220 migrants crossed the Channel to Britain, taking the number of people arriving in small boats to 21,000 this year already

This latest blow for the Tories is significant because it shows that professional politicians, not just angry ideologues, are now willing to follow Nigel Farage, writes political editor David Maddox

French president says Britons ‘sold a lie’ as plan to tackle small boat Channel crossings unveiled

Government sources describe reports a deal has already been agreed as mere ‘speculation’

Exclusive: Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has told The Independent that she wants to end the practice of putting vulnerable children in care into illegal squalid homes

Sir Jake Berry, who was chairman of the Tories under Liz Truss and a staunch Boris Johnson ally has defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

Government sources dismiss reports an agreement has already been reached as ‘speculation’