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In what could be his last @CommonsHomeAffs session as Home Secretary, @sajidjavid bats away @YvetteCooperMP's attempts to get him to admit police officer cuts have led to increased crime, though he accepts more officers are needed to "keep up" with new & rising crimes
@CommonsHomeAffs @sajidjavid @YvetteCooperMP Home Secretary @sajidjavid says it would take 3 years to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers as he, as Tory leadership contender, and @BorisJohnson have called for. Home Office has been doing work on the numbers, though it's not official Govt policy. Yet.
@CommonsHomeAffs @sajidjavid @YvetteCooperMP @BorisJohnson Onto immigration: re 34,000 foreign students accused of cheating English language tests, @sajidjavid says it's "reasonable" to assume that some, a "very small number", were wrongly singled out. He's looking at ways to help them appeal. "It's our duty," he tells @CommonsHomeAffs
@CommonsHomeAffs @sajidjavid @YvetteCooperMP @BorisJohnson Home Secretary @sajidjavid tells @CommonsHomeAffs declaring migrant crossings in the Channel a "major incident" was a success because there was "no loss of life"
