内容摘要：As of 1 June, 14,812 people had arrived in the UK in small boats this year- up by nearly a third compared with this time last year.

As of 1 June, 14,812 people had arrived in the UK in small boats this year- up by nearly a third compared with this time last year.

It follows the US Doge, which was launched during Donald Trump's presidency to cut federal spending. Billionaire Musk was involved but has since left his position spearheading the unit.Reform said a team of software engineers, data analysts and forensic auditors will "visit and analyse" local authorities.

the party took control of eight authorities from the Conservatives, along with Doncaster from Labour and Durham, which was run as a coalition.Mr Yusuf said: "For too long British taxpayers have watched their money vanish into a black hole. Their taxes keep going up, their bin collections keep getting less frequent, potholes remain unfixed, their local services keep getting cut. Reform won a historic victory on a mandate to change this."As promised, we have created a UK D.O.G.E to identify and cut wasteful spending of taxpayer money. Starting with Kent, our team will use cutting edge technology and deliver real value for voters."

But Antony Hook, the Liberal Democrat opposition leader on Kent County Council, questioned the need for a team of outside auditors.He told BBC Radio Kent: "We have at KCC a governance and audit committee, that was due to have its first meeting since the election next week.

"Reform have cancelled it.

"The health and scrutiny committee was meant to meet, Reform have cancelled it. Reform have cancelled most of the committee meetings for this week or next week, without any explanation.aims to introduce better protections for all children and better join-up between children's social care, schools and other local services.

Through the children not in school registers, there will be a single unique identifier for every child and a requirement for every council to have multi-agency child protection team."Protecting vulnerable children falling through the cracks are at the heart of the forthcoming Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which represents the single biggest piece of child protection legislation in a generation," a government spokesperson said.

"We are also investing £1bn in homelessness services this year to help families trapped in temporary accommodation, driving up housing standards and delivering on our commitment to build more social and affordable homes."A drug which has been proven to extend the life of some people with incurable breast cancer has been given to patients on the NHS in Wales for the first time.