The US president signed the multi-trillion dollar legislation outside the White House in time for the nation’s birthday.

Officers will carry out checks in hotspots across the country where they suspect asylum seekers are working as delivery riders without permission.

It makes membership of, or support for, the direct action group a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

The National Trust has created a more natural, wildlife-rich landscape at Holnicote in Somerset, which helps store water in times of dry weather.