Priti Patel to ban foreign criminals entering UK in post-Brexit immigration plan

Home Secretary Priti Patel will announce the UK’s new points-based immigration system, which will replace the EU’s freedom of movement from January 1 (Picture: PA) The Home Secretary is set to announce a ban on foreign criminals sentenced to more than a year in jail from entering Britain. Priti Patel will unveil today details of how the UK’s points-based immigration system will operate after freedom of movement ends. Ministers will be given powers to exclude or deport foreign criminals who have received prison sentences of more than a year, the Daily...