7 Aug 2025

UK: Tax gap, migrant swap deal, China's 'super-embassy' plans

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 7 August 2025

UK correspondent Natasha Clark joins Susie to look at concerns taxes will have to rise to cover the government's self-imposed borrowing rules.

France and UK are trialing a "one-in, one-out" migrant swap deal - Natasha details how it works.

Reform leader Nigel Farage has called for police to detail the immigration status of people charged with crimes, following the arrest of two men for the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl.

And China has been asked to detail its full plans for its "super-embassy" after some of the drawings were blacked out.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and France's President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during a joint press conference following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing at a military base at Northwood Headquarters in north-west London, on July 10, 2025. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and France's President Emmanuel Macron shake hands during a joint press conference following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing at a military base at Northwood Headquarters in north-west London, on July 10, 2025. Photo: AFP / POOL / Ludovic Marin

Natasha Clark is Political Editor at LBC radio