Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaking during a press conference on the Immigration White Paper in the Downing Street Briefing Room in London. The Immigration White Paper is being presented as part of Government efforts to reduce net migration into the UK, with the figure reaching 728,000 in 2024. Net migration is the difference between the number of people moving to a country and those emigrating. Picture date: Monday May 12, 2025. - (PA Wire)
A minister has defended Sir Keir Starmer’s claim that Britain risks becoming an “island of strangers” without toughened border controls amid a growing backlash among Labour backbenchers and charities.
The Prime Minister used a Downing Street speech on Monday to lay out plans to “significantly” reduce net migration as the ruling party seeks to head off the electoral threat from Reform UK.
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