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

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

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

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