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The IndependentSaturday, 22 August 2026
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Labour’s £40m bill for paying migrants to return home
Cost of ‘assisted voluntary returns’ – giving asylum seekers £3,000 to leave Britain – is up nearly 50 per cent as Mahmood insists scheme is good for taxpayers because migrant hotels cost more
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Joe Root’s England hammer Pakistan in swift Test victory
Reinstalled captain leads England to win inside three days and by an innings and 103 runs at Headingley
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Harry, Elton and five others ordered to pay £9.5m over failed privacy case
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BURNHAM EYES TOURISM BOOST WITH UK BID TO HOST WORLD CUP
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