Exclusive: Asylum seekers are being told “men and women are equal” in the UK amid mounting fears over integration and cultural values. The Home Office has issued new guidance to arrivals telling them “this means women can work, study, travel and make their own choices”. They also detail what rape is under UK law in a new booklet: "Consent is needed in every situation. This means even if you are married or in a relationship with someone, they must consent to sex every time. "If you have sex with someone without their consent, this is called rape. Rape is a serious crime in the UK. You could go to prison, lose your support and accommodation, and it will affect your asylum claim."

NEW: The migrant crisis is partly to blame for local councils facing a £4 billion bill for housing support, the OBR has warned. Statisticians revealed local authority spending has soared from £2bn to £4bn "driven by increases in the cost of provision of housing for homeless families and for refugees transitioning out of asylum accommodation."

It's like watching a car speed up as it approaches a wall.

New: Net migration will fall to 120,000 this year, according to the OBR. But it will then INCREASE to 230,000 by 2031. This is because fewer Brits and EU nationals will leave, according to the official spending watchdog.

It’s a jolly good job our enemies don’t mind waiting for Britain to sort itself out…

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This is unbelievably grim.

Very interesting that the Justice Secretary has missed out criminals being released early... And some of those being given tents... Or the reoffending of convicts let out early... Or the offenders not being tagged. If that's a good start, what is a bad start?!

NEW: Staggering details emerging from Westminster Mags on the RAF Fairford plot today. One of the five men arrested near the US military base called the police after a "handler" warned there was a bomb in the van, a court heard. Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, both appeared in court on Tuesday charged under the National Security Act 2023. Abdulkarim, of London, is accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service, by acting as an “intermediary” for the handler Ali. While Essghir, also of London, has been charged with entering a prohibited place for a purpose prejudicial to the UK, relating to an alleged “reconnaissance” mission on August 22, around a month before the Fairford incident. The group were ordered to drive the van loaded with petrol to RAF Fairford by a handler known as ‘Ali’ who police believe was working on behalf of Iran. No explosives, or improvised explosives were found in the vans, the court heard. Police did find a metal oil drum in each, two of which had petrol in, along with hard plastic water butts and internet-enabled dashcams. Prosecuting, Louise Gray, said: “Shortly thereafter the message was received that there was a bomb in the vehicles and one of them called the police.” Abdulkarim is alleged to have aided the organiser, Ali, who is believed to be abroad and to be acting in the interests of the Iranian state. Ali is also potentially connected to an incident at the Israeli embassy earlier this year, where propaganda videos were posted online suggesting it had been attacked with a chemical weapon by a drone, the court heard. Prosecutors allege that Abdulkarim aided Ali, buying equipment for the mission and receiving multiple payments from him totalling around £70,000. Before the men, allegedly enlisted by Abdulkarim, travelled to RAF Fairford, £300 worth of petrol was filled into the drums in the back of the vans.

The bottom line of this tweet is critically important.

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Counter-terrorism police have revealed two men have been charged in connection with the RAF Fairford investigation. Mohmed Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir, both aged 24, have been charged under the National Security Act.