Local residents here are right: if we want to build a brighter future for our children, we’ve got to end illegal migration.
That’s why Rishi Sunak and I are going further than anyone before to stop the boats.
Crossings are already down a third because of the action we’ve taken this year - and they’re down 90% from Albania in particular.
But Conservatives now need to double our efforts following the Supreme Court’s judgment this week.
So we’re taking extraordinary steps to get it done:
1. Introducing emergency laws to start returns to Rwanda.
2. Stopping foreign courts from blocking us.
3. Putting Parliament back in charge of our borders.
It should be the British people and their government that decide who comes to this country - not criminal gangs. The action we’re taking will end the merry-go-round and ensure that is the case.
We promised to halve inflation and we delivered. So when we say we’ll stop the boats - you can bet we mean it.
