Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the UK risks becoming an "island of strangers" unless stricter immigration rules are enacted, as his government unveiled a slate of sweeping policies aimed at reducing the number of people coming to Britain.
The government intervention follows the success of the hard-right Reform party at this month's local elections, where it gained control of 10 of the 23 councils contested and won 677 of the 1,600 council seats up for grabs.
