The Prime Minister said that 'headway' was being made on cutting both the number of people making the perilous journey and the number of overall crossings as he met the president in No10.

The Prime Minister will use talks in Downing Street on Thursday to urge the French President to step up efforts to tackle illegal Channel crossings.

French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham held their first talks on Thursday after meeting a day earlier at the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British…