Huge increases in immigration over the past decade were a deliberate attempt to engineer a more multicultural Britain, a former Government adviser said yesterday.
Andrew Neather, a speechwriter who worked in Downing Street for Tony Blair and in the Home Office for Jack Straw and David Blunkett, said Labour’s relaxation of controls was a plan to [...]

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DailyTelegraph: More than a fifth of the public would consider voting for the British National Party, according to the first opinion poll taken since the appearance of its leader, Nick Griffin, on Question Time.
Support for the party has increased in the last month, a survey for The Daily Telegraph indicated.
The findings will lead to accusations [...]

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Telegraph: A Christian couple who run a hotel have been charged with a criminal offence for allegedly insulting a female Muslim guest about her beliefs.
Ben and Sharon Vogelenzang are charged with breaching Section 5 of the Public Order Act – causing harassment, alarm or distress. If convicted, they face fines of £2,500 each and a [...]

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Telegraph: Mohammed is now the most common name for baby boys born in London and three other English regions, official Government figures have shown.
The Islamic name overtook traditional choices like Jack, Thomas and Daniel to become the number one name in the West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, and the North West, as well [...]

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The Times: Skirmishes broke out between police and Muslim youths in North London last night as large crowds gathered to defend a mosque that had been targeted by anti-Islam campaigners.
Groups of youths, in ski masks and motorcycle helmets, threw bottles and set off fireworks in front of riot police, who used kettling tactics to contain [...]

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DailyMail: Children who speak English as their first language are now a minority in inner-city London primary schools, official figures showed yesterday.
Youngsters with a different mother tongue form a majority in primaries in 13 out of 33 London boroughs and in nearby Slough.
In inner London, 54 per cent of primary pupils and 48.5 per cent [...]

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Telegraph: British swimming pools are imposing Muslim dress codes in a move described as divisive by Labour MPs.
Under the rules, swimmers – including non-Muslims – are barred from entering the pool in normal swimming attire.
Instead they are told that they must comply with the “modest” code of dress required by Islamic custom, with women covered [...]

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The Telegraph: Christian pupils are now outnumbered by Muslims at Roman Catholic schools in some parts of England.
A survey has found 24 Catholic primary schools in the North West and the Midlands teach a minority of churchgoing children.
Fewer than one in 10 children are Catholic at one school in Birmingham, while the Church is [...]

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Daily Express: BRITAIN faces a colossal wave of immigration over the next 40 years because of predicted population explosions in Africa and Asia, a report warns today.
The influx would send the country’s population soaring well over 77million unless radical action is taken to tighten border controls, experts say.
Countries including China, India, Nigeria and Pakistan could [...]

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Telegraph: Last year, five per cent of the total population of the 27 EU countries was Muslim. But rising levels of immigration from Muslim countries and low birth rates among Europe’s indigenous population mean that, by 2050, the figure will be 20 per cent, according to forecasts.
Data gathered from various sources indicate that Britain, Spain [...]

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Daily Mail: An illegal immigrant is on the run after smuggling himself into Britain underneath a coach full of Border Agency officers returning from France.
The immigration officers – whose job is to stop illegal immigrants entering the country – were oblivious to the stowaway hiding between the fuel tank and the chassis of the coach [...]

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Telegraph: A rise in the birthrate among foreign families is putting significant squeeze on primary school places, according to MPs.
Extra pressure on reception classes in September is a “direct result of mass immigration” into the United Kingdom, it was claimed.
In the last eight years, the number of births to foreign mothers has increased by 64 [...]

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Telegraph: The decision was taken to allow treatment for some asylum seekers after doctors gave warning that they would not act as immigration officers by demanding to check passports before providing care.
An estimated 450,000 failed asylum seekers in Britain are currently denied free treatment on the NHS.
However, a joint review of the policy by the [...]

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Telegraph: Up to five per cent of cases heard by the Muslim Arbitration Tribunal (MAT) involve people who do not follow the Islamic faith, it has been estimated.
The body operates court-like arbitration hearings in London, Bradford, Birmingham, Coventry and Manchester, mainly dealing with disputes between business partners and mosques.
Those who use the service agree voluntarily [...]

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Express: TWO in three Britons want tougher immigration controls to halt our out-of-control population growth, a major survey revealed yesterday.
Labour’s open-door immigration policies have led to a lack of affordable housing, overcrowded trains and buses, clogged roads and a huge strain on the environment, said up to three in four people.
Over half of those surveyed [...]

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Express: POLICE have warned a jeweller for “racially offensive” conduct after he banned Romanian gypsies ­following a series of raids on his store.
Michael Plant, 62, believes the “east European” travellers are behind the raids in which gems are snatched while other members of the gang distract staff.
But when he placed a sign in his shop [...]

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Daily Express: POLICE forces across the country are being told to recruit gypsies in a plan that could put the public in danger, MPs warned last night.
Senior officers are so concerned about hitting the new quotas they have been inviting young travellers to their training colleges. But while gypsy and traveller groups gave a “wholehearted [...]

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