Theresa May: I won't resign over UK Border Agency row

[dutchman]

Home Secretary Theresa May has told MPs she will not resign over the UK Border Agency row.



She said she took responsibility for her actions but UK Border Force boss Brodie Clark must take responsibility for his "unauthorised actions"

Mrs May has admitted allowing a relaxation of checks on some European travellers for a four-month period.

But she claims Mr Clark - who has been suspended - went further and scaled back checks on other passengers.

Questioned about the row by MPs on the Commons home affairs committee, Mrs May said she had not told the Cabinet of her decision to allow officials to relax checks on some European travellers arriving in the UK.

The "limited" pilot was an "operational matter", she said, which "did not in any way put border security at risk". The idea was that at busy times, it was safer to carry out "intelligence-led" checks on suspicious passengers rather than mandatory checks on all passengers, including those who were "low risk", she said.

[dutchman]

Stand by for the obligatory "the Home Secretary has my full confidence" statement from the Prime Minister, exactly 24 hours before he sacks her!

[rebbonk]

I'm not quite certain of all the facts, different papers are telling slightly different stories, but I can't see her lasting.