Labour MP says Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ warning over immigration mimics scaremongering of far right – as it happened

6.10pm BST

Early evening summary

• The 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. And here is Peter Walker’s guide to what is in the immigration white paper.

• Keir Starmer’s blueprint for curbing immigration could exacerbate skills shortages in sectors that would “fall over” without immigrant labour, the prime minister has been told.

• Police are investigating after a fire broke out at a home owned by Keir Starmer in north London in the early hours of Monday morning.

• Ministers wrongly refused nature funding to 3,000 farmers in England when they shut the post-Brexit subsidy scheme, the government has admitted.

• The Élysée Palace has derided as “disinformation” claims being promoted by Kremlin figures that Emmanuel Macron took cocaine with Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, and Keir Starmer while on a train travelling to Kyiv.

For a full list of all the stories covered here today, scroll through the key events timeline at the top of the blog.

6.07pm BST

Back in the Commons Max Wilkinson (Lib Dem) says that generally he has been impressed by the moderate tone the government has adopted when commenting on cultural issues. So he was “disappointed” to hear Keir Starmer talk about an “island of strangers”. He says MPs will remember the negative impact of Theresa May’s “citizens of nowhere” speech.

Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, says the government is trying to embed fairness into the immigration system.