2 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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2 h. ago Watch live: Keir Starmer announces stricter migration rules in major immigration crackdown

Watch live as Keir Starmer announces new measures designed to slash net migration in the UK.

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11 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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12 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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16 h. ago Vulnerable pensioner, 85, was sent to failing care home where staff 'struggled to grasp English'

Bernard Lyon's family weren't aware of the problems at the care home. He later died in hospital from a lung infection

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18 h. ago Industry and union attack plans to ban overseas care worker recruitment

Care England has labelled the change a ‘crushing blow to an already fragile sector’.

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22 h. ago UK savers warned HMRC letters incoming for 900,000 with over £3,500 in bank

The taxman is reminding people that while their savings are safe, the interest they earn on them is taxable

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23 h. ago UK care homes to be banned from overseas recruitment in bid to slash migration to ‘significantly’ below 500,000

Home secretary Yvette Cooper to set out sweeping measures as Labour attempts to deal with growing threat from Nigel Farage and his Reform party

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23 h. ago Care homes face ban on recruiting workers from abroad in huge visa crackdown

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the Government will close the care worker visa route to end the reliance on overseas staff in a crackdown on immigration unveiled on Monday

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23 h. ago UK care homes face ban on recruiting from overseas in bid to slash migration to ‘significantly’ below 500,000

Home secretary Yvette Cooper to set out sweeping measures as Labour attempts to deal with growing threat from Nigel Farage and his Reform party

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26 h. ago Patna nursing home celebrates positive review after unannounced spot check on care provision

The service was graded ‘very good’ across five quality indicators - the second highest grades possible.

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41 h. ago Nurse stole Class B drug from care home and tried to cover it up

It took more than two months for the nurse's habit to be exposed

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67 h. ago Prolific cash machine thief who stole £40,000 from 500 ATMs learns his fate

Florin Ivascu and partner in crime Andrei Matei used a specifically modified tool to jam open the ATMs. But the duo were busted after police examined CCTV footage

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69 h. ago The new Pope's bling: A $660,000 ring, priceless clifftop retreat, luxurious Vatican apartments and bullet

The first American Pope is set to be inaugurated during a grandiose mass next week, during which he will receive the pallium, an ecclesiastical vestment, and the Fisherman's ring.

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2 d. ago The new Pope's bling: A £500,000 ring, priceless clifftop retreat, luxurious Vatican apartments and bullet

The first American Pope is set to be inaugurated during a grandiose mass next week, during which he will receive the pallium, an ecclesiastical vestment, and the Fisherman's ring.

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2 d. ago I won the £4,500,000 Omaze London house — goodbye, studio flat

I won the £4,500,000 Omaze London house — goodbye, studio flat  Metro.co.uk

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3 d. ago Children's residential care home given planning approval in Merthyr Tydfil

The home in Penydarren will house u to four children aged between eight and 18 years old

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3 d. ago Carry On and Star Wars actor left £25,000 to daughter Sophie Dahl

The star left behind almost £500,000

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3 d. ago Trump asks Supreme Court to allow him to end humanitarian parole for 500,000 people from 4 countries

President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow it to end humanitarian parole for hundreds of thousands of immigrants from four countries

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3 d. ago Police officer filmed restraining and punching man who 'attacked female colleague' is found not guilty of assault and strangulation

A shocking clip of PC Richard Williams punching the man in Porthmadog, north Wales at least nine times was viewed 500,000 times within a matter of hours.

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