Starmer’s Home Office immigration plan does not answer call for safe routes

Keir Starmer’s plan echoes recommendations handed to Priti Patel two years but will not satisfy all critics of Labour’s immigration policies. Photograph: UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/PA

Keir Starmer’s border plans, announced after a giddy week of political triumphs, attempt to address some of the deep structural problems within the Home Office.

Paid for with £75m from the existing budget for the Rwanda scheme, the plans echo recommendations handed to Priti Patel two years ago: employ a single border security head who is given direct access to the home secretary.