On may 8th a descendant of German immigrants sat in Parliament and announced a series of measures intended to make life harder for future arrivals on Britain's shores. The queen was reading out the government's legislative agenda for the coming year. If the proposals become law, landlords and employers will have a new duty to check the residency status of tenants and employees, on pain of fines. Ministers will gain powers to deport criminals. A broad immigration bill will restrict access to health care, civil legal aid, driving licences and unemployment benefit. Britain's two biggest tabloid newspapers, the Sun and the Daily Mail, led their coverage of the speech with "pm to slash migrants' rights" and "Immigration crackdown".
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