Responding to the news that NHS Digital has withdrawn from its immigration data-sharing arrangement with the Home Office, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Ed Davey said:
“The Home Office should never have been forcing NHS staff to supply patients’ data in the first place. Doctors and nurses’ time should be spent providing healthcare to those who need it, not acting as border guards in Theresa May’s hostile environment.
“The Liberal Democrats demand better. We will completely scrap the Tories’ hostile environment and instead invest in an accountable, intelligence-led Border Force to prevent people entering the country illegally and quickly identify those who overstay their visas.
“That way we can secure our borders and rebuild trust in the immigration system, while leaving NHS workers to focus on their jobs.”
Ed Davey: Hostile environment must be completely scrapped

Stop Government plans to concrete over Sussex
The government proposes to force the building of more than 15000 new houses in Lewes District over the next 20 years, more than doubling the current rate of building. Local Lib Dems call on the government to listen to local people and urgently revise their target to a more realistic level.