Channel Crisis Escalates: Record Crossings, Activist Arrests, and Ukraine Scheme Funding Cuts

A record 781 migrants crossed the English Channel in a single day, the highest daily total of 2026. Reform UK's Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf accused Prime Minister Andy Burnham of "inciting disorder" by failing to stem the crisis, claiming over 210,000 people have arrived illegally on UK beaches in the past eight years. The Home Office insists overall crossings are down year-on-year, but critics argue the figures remain...