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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent

Keir Starmer walks fine line in shifting Labour’s stance on immigration

Keir Starmer speaking at the CBI annual conference in Birmingham on Tuesday
Keir Starmer’s speech at the CBI conference on Tuesday was welcomed by business leaders. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

In his speech to a hall packed with business leaders, Keir Starmer came with the message that Labour had changed, hoping to sweep away the years of antipathy between his party under its previous leadership and growth-hungry executives.

But another change in position was clear to see: on immigration, Starmer held up the recruitment of overseas workers as a sticking plaster solution to the problem of significant worker shortages in the UK.

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