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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nina Lloyd

Starmer says his pick for UK borders watchdog will not work from home in Finland

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer departs 10 Downing Street, London, to attend Prime Minister’s Questions (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government’s top candidate to become Britain’s new borders watchdog will work full-time in the UK, Sir Keir Starmer has said, after suggestions he could take on the job from his Finland home.

The Prime Minister said that John Tuckett, who was appointed immigration services commissioner under the previous Tory government, had been carrying out the role from abroad but that this arrangement will be changed.

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