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International Business Times
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Under Pressure, UK Govt Unveils Flagship Immigration Plans

'I promised to restore control and cut migration, and I'm delivering with tough new measures,' said Starmer (Credit: AFP)

Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Monday to "finally take back control" of Britain's borders as his government unveiled policies designed to reduce immigration and fend off rising support for the hard right.

Labour leader Starmer announced he was ending an "experiment in open borders" that saw net migration rise to nearly one million people under the previous Conservative government, which lost last year's election.

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