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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Caitlin Doherty

Starmer to pledge ‘every area’ of immigration system ‘tightened up’

Sir Keir Starmer will pledge that “every area” of the immigration system will be “tightened up” as he unveils a raft of new reforms.

Migrants will be told they need to spend a decade in the UK before they can apply for citizenship and English language requirements will be increased for all routes into the UK, as ministers look to bring down net migration which reached 728,000 last year.

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