97 m. ago Starmer defends plans to curb net migration after backlash from MPs

Prime minister’s ‘island of strangers’ speech was likened to rhetoric of Enoch PowellKeir Starmer has defended his plans to curb net migration after an angry backlash from MPs, businesses and industry to a speech in which he said the UK risked becoming an “island of strangers” without tough new policies.The rhetoric was likened by some critics to the language of Enoch Powell, and the prime minister was accused of pandering to the populist right by insisting he intended to “take back control of our borders” and end a “squalid chapter” of rising inward migration. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago UK police investigate overnight fire at Prime Minister Keir Starmer's house in London

UK police investigate overnight fire at Prime Minister Keir Starmer's house in London  AJC.com

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2 h. ago Edi Rama on course to win fourth term as PM in Albania elections

Socialists set for clear victory with 30% of votes counted in poll seen as pivotal to country’s hopes of joining EUAlbania’s prime minister, Edi Rama, is poised for victory in general elections after preliminary results showed voters returning him to power for an unprecedented fourth term.With 30% of the ballots counted, Rama’s party was leading the leftwing Socialists to a resounding win over Sali Berisha’s centre-right Democratic party in a poll viewed as pivotal for the Balkan country’s attempt to join the EU. The incumbent party had garnered 53% of the vote compared with 34% for its main opposition rival. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Counterterrorism police probe fire at Keir Starmer’s London house

Officers alerted to blaze at prime minister’s property in Kentish Town early on Monday morning

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3 h. ago Downing Street issues statement responding to 'desperate' Russia claims about drugs on leaders' train

The claims have been branded "fake news" by the Prime Minister's spokesperson

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3 h. ago British police investigate fire at Prime Minister Keir Starmer's London home

British police investigate fire at Prime Minister Keir Starmer's London home  Fox News

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3 h. ago No 10 hits out at ‘desperate’ Russia after claims about drugs on leaders’ train

False claims about cocaine being on the table as Sir Keir Starmer met the French and German leaders were dismissed as ‘fake news’.

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4 h. ago Fact check: Migration to the UK has fallen in each month since January 2024

Year-on-year net migration numbers are lower now than they were in the same period last year.

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4 h. ago Police investigating fire at Keir Starmer’s north London home

Prime Minister thanks emergency services but ‘cannot comment on an ongoing investigation’

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4 h. ago Fire breaks out at Keir Starmer home as Met Police launch probe

Fire crews were called to the Prime Minister's property following reports of a blaze shortly after 1.30am on Monday.

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4 h. ago ‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones

The government’s claims about immigration driving down wages are so demonstrably untrue, it’s hard to feel the appropriate level of outrage I would love to know what exactly happens, in the top-level meetings where the prime minister decides to be even tougher on immigration. Is there anyone in there saying: “This will not halt Reform. This will not make Reform less obnoxious. This will not make them more moderate, and it will not stop people voting for them. All it will do is make your own supporters despair.” If there is, are they screaming it, or whispering it, with a thousand-yard stare?It’s bad enough that the government has swallowed this anti-immigrant rhetoric wholesale; that it’s decided to land its misdirected toughness on the care workers is dumb on so many levels. First, Starmer’s claim that that migrant care workers are “cheap foreign labour”. Pause to note how extraordinary it is, to hear this kind of denigratory language coming from a human-rights lawyer. It is also u...

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4 h. ago UK police investigate overnight fire at Prime Minister Starmer's house

British police are investigating an overnight fire that damaged door of Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s house in north London

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5 h. ago Keir Starmer home fire LIVE: Police investigating blaze at Prime Minister's home

Police are investigating after a fire broke out at Keir Starmer’s home in north London in the early hours of this morning, with emergency services rushing to the scene

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5 h. ago Fire at Keir Starmer's home: Counter terrorism police investigating blaze at Prime Minister's North London property

Fire at Keir Starmer's home: Counter terrorism police investigating blaze at Prime Minister's North London property  GB News

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5 h. ago Fire at Keir Starmer's home: London Fire Brigade investigating blaze at Prime Minister's North London property

Fire at Keir Starmer's home: London Fire Brigade investigating blaze at Prime Minister's North London property  GB News

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5 h. ago Fire at 'Keir Starmer's house' as street cordoned off and cops investigate

The incident happened in the early hours of Monday at the North West London residential home of the Prime Minister as Downing Street confirmed that an investigation is underway

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5 h. ago Minister defends PM’s ‘island of strangers’ claim amid Labour backlash

The Prime Minister used a Downing Street speech on Monday to lay out plans to ‘significantly’ reduce net migration.

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5 h. ago UK risks becoming ‘island of strangers’ without more immigration curbs, Starmer says

PM unveils policies to ‘significantly’ drive down net migration including English tests and degree requirementsUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK risks becoming an “island of strangers” without tougher immigration policies, Keir Starmer has said, as official estimates show there could be 100,000 fewer migrants every year under new policies outlined on Monday.The prime minister said his government would “take back control of our borders” and close the book on a “squalid chapter” of rising inward migration as he unveiled a radical crackdown. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Cutting immigration will 'damage' Scottish economy and hit NHS recruitment, warns John Swinney

The SNP leader criticised the Prime Minister's choice of language as he announced a plan to restrict immigration - and claimed Starmer was "terrified" of Nigel Farage.

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6 h. ago Starmer ‘walked into arms of Farage’ with immigration announcement – Swinney

The Prime Minister announced immigration changes on Monday.

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