'Mr Green was arrested on Thursday afternoon over leaks of politically sensitive information from the Home Office. Counter-terrorism officers searched his Kent and London homes and his constituency and House of Commons offices. A political row has broken out over the incident. Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary was not pre-warned about the arrest and the Government has categorically denied that the Prime Minister had any prior knowledge. Yet Mr Cameron, the Tory leader, Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London and the Speaker and Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons have confirmed they were all informed.'
Police State Britain: Tory MP Damian Green's Crime Was To Reveal Truths Labour Didn't Want You To Know 'MPs demanded protection from a 'police state' last night after the heavy-handed arrest of a Tory frontbencher shocked Westminster. Extraordinary details of four simultaneous raids on immigration spokesman Damian Green's homes and offices raised urgent questions about the independence of Parliament. The Oxford-educated father of two girls, who denies any wrongdoing, was fingerprinted and required to give a DNA sample before being released on bail after nine hours. The tactics of Scotland Yard investigating a series of leaks that had no bearing on national security and served only to embarrass Labour were compared to those used in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe.' 'Economic Benefits of Mass Immigration are Close to Zero', Lords Told 'Claims that mass immigration has benefited the economy have been 'wildly overstated' by the Government, experts said yesterday. Record levels of migration have brought virtually no economic benefit to Britain, the House of Lords was told. Ministers have repeatedly insisted that newcomers contribute £6billion a year to the country's balance sheet. But an authoritative report by the Lords Economic Affairs Committee, debated yesterday, blew apart Labour's claims that the wave of immigration from Eastern Europe has massive benefits.'Saturday, 29 November 2008 Saturday, 29 November 2008
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