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Top candidate for borders watchdog would commute from Finland

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The government’s top candidate to become the chief of the borders and immigration watchdog has told MPs he lives in Finland and commutes to the UK when he needs to.

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John Tuckett, who has worked as the immigration services commissioner for six years, was questioned by the Home Affairs Select Committee on Tuesday ahead of the appointment of the next independent chief inspector of borders and immigration (ICIBI).

Asked if he lives in commuting distance from the London office, he replied: “No I don’t, I have a family home in Finland and I come across to this country whenever I need to.”

When MPs put it to him that he would expect to inspect the UK’s borders without being a resident here, he added: “I work in UK and I would be in the UK, I’m resident in Finland.”

Mr Tuckett told the committee he pays for travel and accommodation himself and “always have done”.

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He also said he would be fine to work five days in the office if needed, adding: “I have done this kind of work before, and when I was asked this question at my interview, I said, I think that my judgment is you need time when you’re available for ministers, visits, all the things where you need to do face to face.

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“You also need time where you can think, sit back, write, because you don’t write a report, you know, in 10 spare minutes in between two major appointments. So I think there’s a 60-40, split between for the chief inspector this is.!

Mr Tuckett was announced as the preferred applicant for the chief inspector position by the Home Office in January, with previous experience as the chief executive of the Marine Management Organisation and working for the Archbishop of York.

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Announcing the recommendation of Mr Tuckett for the role, migration minister Seema Malhotra said: “His track record of delivering complex change programmes across government, combined with his current role as immigration services commissioner, makes him ideally suited to take on this crucial independent oversight role at an important time for our border security.”

If Mr Tuckett is confirmed as the next inspector, he will replace interim watchdog boss David Bolt – who has served since June last year.

Mr Bolt’s appointment came after the previous borders watchdog David Neal was sacked in February last year amid claims he breached the terms of his appointment.

He later voiced his frustrations of the time taken for his reports to be published, and said there were “very few” ways of speaking out about his concerns on security.

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