COMMENT

told a committee on Wednesday that no targets exist for removing people from the UK.

She admitted the Home Office used ”local targets” for “internal performance management”, but said she hadn’t been aware of them and promised to ban them if they were being used “inappropriately”.

A 2015 report that came to light yesterday showed the Home Office did set targets for voluntary departures of people who could not lawfully stay in the UK. Civil Service union leaders said there were local targets for deportations.

SNP MP Alison Thewliss told Ms Rudd she had presided over “a litany of callous

“I want to make sure we focus more on the individual. I’m confident that we will see a marked change in tone”

AMBER RUDD