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No 10 refuses to follow Cleverly in setting end of 2024 as target date for ending all small boat crossings
James Cleverly, the home secretary, told LBC this morning that his aim was to reduce the number of people crossing the Channel on small boats to “zero” in 2024. Asked what his target for the year was, he replied:
My target is to bring it down to zero.
When the presenter, Nick Ferrari, asked him to confirm that he meant zero by the end of 2024, Cleverly replied:
That’s my target….
