The Prime
Minister opened Cabinet by saying the Government’s purpose is to
make the long-term decisions to change the country for the better
and that the strong and united cabinet is going to deliver that
change for everybody.
Ahead of the
Supreme Court judgment on the Rwanda Migration Partnership
tomorrow the Prime Minister highlighted the significant progress
made by the Government to stop the boats. He said that the UK was
bucking the global trend by significantly reducing the flow of
illegal immigrants into the country while other countries
continued to see their numbers rise.
Alongside
this he said we were on track to eliminate the asylum legacy
backlog and were making good progress on curbing the use of
hotels to house migrants.
The Home
Secretary updated Cabinet ahead of the court judgment and on the
wider work to curb illegal migration, including through signing
more returns agreements – most recently with Georgia and
Albania.
The Prime
Minister then turned to the events to mark Remembrance Sunday. He
said that the Government was making the UK the best place in the
world to be a veteran, with tangible changes to people’s lives
through additional mental health support and the roll out of the
Armed Forces Covenant.
The Veterans
Minister highlighted that hundreds of different Armed Forces and
civilian organisations were represented at Remembrance Sunday, as
well as many veterans not affiliated with an association, invited
by The Royal British Legion to march for the first time. He said
that Government work to support veterans had been transformative
in recent years.
The Prime
Minister welcomed the new Foreign Secretary to Cabinet and asked
him to provide an update ahead of the State visit of the
President of the Republic of Korea. The Foreign Secretary said
the UK and the Republic of Korea had shared values and that the
visit presented an opportunity to deepen ties with the
10th largest
economy in the world.
Turning to
the upcoming COP summit to be held in the UAE later this month
the Prime Minister said the summit represented an opportunity to
demonstrate the UK’s continued leadership in tackling climate
change. He said the UK had cut emissions faster than any other G7
economy and that plans to go further were more ambitious than
other large economies, with the UK having set the most ambitious
target to reduce carbon emissions by 68% by 2030 compared to 55%
for the EU.
The Prime
Minister said the Government should be rightly proud of the more
pragmatic approach it is taking to securing net zero, ensuring we
retain public support and do not unnecessarily impose additional
costs on hard working families
of up to £15,000.
The Energy
Secretary outlined the UK’s priorities for the summit, including
on protecting forests and nature, mobilizing public and private
climate finance and accelerating the global transition to clean
energy.
Ahead of new
inflation statistics to be released tomorrow, the Chancellor said
the continued progress in reducing the rate of inflation was
testament to the hard work of government in retaining fiscal
discipline and not fuelling inflation through additional
borrowing.
The Prime
Minister concluded by saying it was a shared privilege to be a
member of Cabinet and that he was confident the team around the
table had the energy and ambition to deliver real change to
benefit the public.
