RISHI Sunak meets a group of UK Border Force officers and their sniffer dogs.
The PM was seen crouching down and gently stroking an enthusiastic black spaniel as he chatted away with an officer at Gatwick Airport.
The go to got here after his flagship Rwanda Bill passed the Commons unamended as a threatened Tory rise up fizzled out.
It was additionally to mark Border Force stopping a report variety of unlawful drugs from getting into the nation.
In the 12 months ending March 2023, Border Force made a complete of 25,834 drug seizures, a 24% enhance from final 12 months and the very best on report.
Over 92 tonnes of unlawful medication had been seized by Police and Border Force – the very best quantity since 2003/4.
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Minister for Legal Migration Tom Pursglove additionally visited Border Force officers to thank them for his or her dedication at Stansted Airport.
Mr Sunak had earlier demanded the unelected Lords again his flagship Rwanda plan saying it was an “pressing nationwide precedence” to “begin the flights”.
The Prime Minister used a hastily-arranged press convention in Downing Street to induce friends to rally spherical his deportation invoice.
But the PM didn’t give a guarantee a aircraft to Rwanda will take off earlier than the subsequent general election when pressed by the media.
He stated: “I’ve been crystal clear that we need to do that as rapidly as potential…
“And it is now as much as the House of Lords.”
