Tag: Sajid Javid UK Home Secretary

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 18:56 UTC

  Chancellor of the Exchequer insists UK leaves the EU on October 31

  

  The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on Oct. 31, hopefully with a deal, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid said on Monday. “Hopefully we leave with a deal,” Javid told ITV. “If we cannot strike a deal, I think it is important to leave in any case and leave with no deal. It is not perfect but it is appropriate that we leave on the 31st.”

• Thursday, April 11th 2019 - 22:25 UTC

  Assange arrested in London after Ecuadorean asylum is revoked; agreement not to extradite him to US

  

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and carried out of the Ecuadorean embassy on Thursday after his South American hosts abruptly revoked his seven-year asylum, paving the way for his possible extradition to the United States.

• Thursday, August 9th 2018 - 06:55 UTC

  UK law enforcement agencies express concern over a “no-deal Brexit”

  

  A no-deal Brexit poses a risk to the public because the UK would lose access to EU-wide security powers and databases, police leaders have warned. Police and crime commissioners say law enforcement agencies “face a significant loss of operational capacity” if the arrangements stop.

• Monday, April 30th 2018 - 20:28 UTC

  Sajid Javid, second generation migrant appointed Home Secretary

  

  Sajid Javid has promised to “do whatever it takes” to put right problems faced by the Windrush generation after he succeeded Amber Rudd as United Kingdom's home secretary. Mr Javid said as a second generation migrant he was “angry” at the treatment of those caught up in the saga. He also disowned the “hostile environment” tag attached to the government's migration policy.