The Prime Minister confirmed that troop repatriations would no longer happen via the Wiltshire town from September due to the closure of a nearby RAF base.
But he said the Queen had agreed to the tribute as ''an enduring symbol of the nation's admiration and our gratitude to the people of that town''.
''Their deeply moving and dignified demonstrations of respect and mourning have shown the deep bond between the public and our Armed Forces,'' Mr Cameron told the Commons.
The Prime Minister made the announcement after making his regular tribute at the start of question time to the most recent military casualty in Afghanistan.
"The town will become Royal Wootton Bassett later this year in a move I believe will be welcomed right across our country."
A lovely honour. But the expense involved as everyone has to get new writing paper and business cards! Still, it's not as bad as being granted a royal Thai elephant...
[Iran Press TV] Over 181,000 undocumented Democrats have been living in the United Kingdom for the past two years, according to recent UK Border Agency (UKBA) figures.
According to National Audit Office (NAO), the agency did not do enough to prevent such situations.
It was a Labour thing. For some reason they liked hosting illegals.
However, The emphatic However... Damian Green, the Immigration Minister, has described the exact reasons of the illegal immigration to the UK and also the radical reforms that should be carried out.
It is said that immigrants and employers exploited the points-based visa system due to the weakness on the UKBA process service.
UKBA has been asked to "give greater priority to ensuring that migrants leave when they should," and also set national targets to deport immigrants, who stay after the expiration of their visas.
"The agency estimates there may be up to 181,000 migrants in the UK of all visa types whose permission to remain has expired since December 2008," NAO said.
It also said that the UKBA "lacks the ability to easily identify individuals whose visas have expired."
The chairperson of the Committee of Public Accounts, Margaret Hodge, said that when UKBA refuses to extend someone's visa, "it cannot guarantee that these people actually leave the country...The agency relies on employers to police their own employees and does not carry out its own checks...There could be as many as 181,000 people here on expired visas."
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