6 h. ago The key points from Sir Keir Starmer’s new plans to tackle immigration

Key takeaways from the Immigration White Paper unveiled today by the Prime Minister who claims that “every area” of the immigration system will be “tightened up"

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6 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer condemned over ‘island of strangers’ speech after tightening immigration rules

Starmer announces every area of UK’s immigration system will be tightened

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7 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer vows to cut immigration ‘significantly’ by end of his first parliament

Starmer announces every area of UK’s immigration system will be tightened

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8 h. ago UK politics live: Starmer vows to ‘take back control of borders’ as he unveils tighter immigration rules

Starmer announces every area of UK’s immigration system will be tightened

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8 h. ago Keir Starmer pledges crackdown on immigration to UK but faces fierce opposition from SNP

Immigration is a reserved matter meaning MSPs at Holyrood have no formal say in deciding UK policy.

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8 h. ago 'Absolute astonishment' The strict immigration plans announced by Keir Starmer

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says all areas of immigration will be tightened up.

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9 h. ago Keir Starmer to announce new measures to ‘tighten up’ immigration system – UK politics live

Prime minster to unveil immigration white paper that he claimes will be ‘clean break from past’What change in rules means for migrants and employersThe Conservatives have rejected suggestions that Keir Starmer is being tough on immigration. In a statement released overnight in response to the briefing about the white paper plans, Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said:Keir Starmer pretends to be tough, but just weeks ago his MPs voted against our 10-year residency and economic contribution test for indefinite leave to remain. Now he says that immigrants who make no contribution should still be allowed to stay.He is trying to take steal credit for recent substantial reductions in visa numbers that resulted from Conservative reforms in April 2024.International recruitment is a lifeline for the homecare sector, enabling us to provide vital support to older and disabled people in their own homes. Care providers are already struggling to recruit within the UK. We are deeply concern...

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9 h. ago Starmer immigration speech live: PM to unveil stricter migration rules at Downing Street press conference

Starmer to announce every area of UK’s immigration system will be tightened

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9 h. ago Keir Starmer unveils immigration crackdown as PM promises to tighten 'every area of system'

The Prime Minister is setting out Labour’s sweeping plan to cut net migration into the UK at a press conference on Monday morning

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9 h. ago Will this REALLY get immigration under control? Labour's plan says arrivals must be degree educated, have fluent English and wait 10 years for citizenship but NO cap on numbers

Keir Starmer is pledging to end the 'betrayal' of Britain's reliance on cheap foreign labour, hiking skills thresholds and toughening rules on fluency in English.

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11 h. ago Starmer to tighten immigration rules as anger over 'failed open borders experiment' grows

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will unveil plans to tighten immigration rules, confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fueled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party

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11 h. ago Keir Starmer to give urgent immigration press conference over 'failed open borders'

Prime Minister Keir Starmer will unveil plans to tighten immigration rules, confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fueled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party

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17 h. ago UK government to tighten immigration rules amid voter anger over ‘failed experiment in open borders’

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will on Monday unveil plans to tighten immigration rules, confronting an issue that has bedeviled successive governments and fueled the rise of a new anti-immigrant party that could threaten the country’s political establishment

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18 h. ago DAN HODGES: The biggest problem is that we have a PM who doesn't want to stop the boats...

Everyone knows the Tories betrayed the British people over their pledge to slash legal migration and 'stop the boats'. Keir Starmer 's own pledge to 'deliver' on migration is equally empty.

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19 h. ago English test among range of Labour measures to control immigration

Keir Starmer says system ‘will be tightened up’ in all areas, following sharp rise in support for Reform UK in electionsLabour’s immigration shake-up challenges decades of party policyAdults accompanying foreign workers to the UK will be expected to pass an English language test and care homes will be prevented from recruiting staff from abroad as part of a swathe of new measures to be revealed by Keir Starmer to “tighten up” the immigration system.Amid a recent surge in support for Reform UK, the prime minister will say on Monday that overseas arrivals should commit “to learning our language” and will promise to overhaul a “broken system” that encourages businesses to “bring in lower-paid workers”. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Starmer to pledge ‘every area’ of immigration system ‘tightened up’

Migrants will be told they need to spend a decade in the UK before they can apply for citizenship and English language requirements will increased.

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2 w. ago UK’s Starmer to host Palestinian Authority PM in London with pledge to advance statehood

UK’s Starmer to host Palestinian Authority PM in London with pledge to advance statehood  The Times of Israel

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3 w. ago PM promises to deliver on Hillsborough Law on 36th anniversary of disaster

Sir Keir Starmer had pledged to introduce the law before this year’s anniversary of the tragedy, which took place at the FA Cup semi-final in 1989.

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3 w. ago Hillsborough Law campaigners ‘in the dark’ on 36th anniversary of disaster

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer had pledged to introduce new legislation by April 15.

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4 w. ago Starmer ‘appalled’ by attack on prison officers and pledges urgent investigation

The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said ‘it is clear something went terribly wrong’ in the management of bomb plotter Hashem Abedi.

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