French President Emmanuel Macron has blamed Brexit for the small boat crisis in the English Channel as he unveiled a new migrant returns deal with Keir Starmer.The one in, one out pilot scheme was described by Starmer as a “breakthrough” in his Government’s attempt to stop boat crossings.

Kemi Badenoch has hit out at Emmanuel Macron’s suggestion that Brexit is the cause for a rise in the number of small boats crossing the English Channel.The Conservative leader, a supporter of the leave campaign in the 2016 referendum,