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UK · 1 hrs ago

Jenrick accused of spreading doctored small boats recording of Labour MP

A Labour minister has demanded an apology after accusing Reform UK of sharing a misleadingly edited audio clip about her stance on migrant boat crossings.Reform UK posted a clip of the newly appointed Immigration Minister, Bassetlaw MP Jo White, which appeared to suggest she told constituents last year: “I don’t care if we stop the boats.”A post made by Reform UK’s Treasury spokesperson Robert Jenrick, which also claimed that Ms White had said that, has since been deleted.Ms White, who replaced Mike Tapp as migration minister, has since shared an extended version of the clip in which she said: “I don’t care who will stop the boats… my number one priority is to stop those boats.”She wrote on social media: “Robert Jenrick is spreading a false account of what I said at a meeting with my const
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