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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot and Kiran Stacey

Starmer decries Reform’s ‘racist’ plans as ministers escalate attacks on Farage

Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer also acknowledged that voter frustration was helping to fuel the rise of Reform. Photograph: Victoria Jones/Shutterstock

Keir Starmer has decried Reform UK’s “racist” plans to revoke the rights of thousands of people to live in Britain, as a number of cabinet ministers escalated attacks on Nigel Farage on the first day of the Labour party conference.

The prime minister said Farage’s plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain for families who may have spent years working in Britain could “tear this country apart”, though he said he understood that many people tempted to vote for Reform were frustrated at the slow pace of change.

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