About 250,000 babies were born to unauthorised immigrant parents in the US in 2016 - by 2022, the latest year that data is available, there were 1.2 million US citizens born to unauthorised immigrant parents!

800 primary schools at risk of closure by 2029 due to plummeting birthrates, as primary pupil numbers crater 4% (162,000 fewer kids) in just the next five years!

-> Previous Labour gov (pre-2010) slashed poverty by 600,000 kids - yet today's plan barely matches that historic win amid worse odds!
-> 1 in 3 UK children now in poverty, with ethnic minority kids facing twice the rate (63% for Black children) - fueling calls for bolder action!

-> IN completely separate news .... Venezuela possesses the world's largest proven oil reserves, estimated at approximately 303 billion barrels, dwarfing the reserves of other major oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia!

9% plunge in bus journeys: UK bus trips outside London dropped 9% to 1.78 billion in the year to March 2024, exposing service cuts' toll on commuters!

ADHD prescriptions in England surged 66% from 25 per 1,000 people in 2019/20 to 41.55 in 2023/24, climbing 18% annually since the pandemic.

-> The pact's backbone: A £10 billion warship export deal from UK to Norway, fueling 4,000+ British jobs and bolstering the joint anti-sub fleet!
-> Combined force: 13 warships (8 UK Type-26 frigates + 5 Norwegian) primed for North Atlantic patrols against sub incursions!

63% surge in arrests: 8,232 illegal workers busted in the year to September 2025, up from 5,043 the prior year—Home Office's biggest crackdown ever.