Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM

Wes Streeting speaks at SXSW London last week. He is preparing to challenge Andy Burnham and others in a race to replace Keir Starmer as prime minister. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Wes Streeting’s pitch to be the next Labour leader will include a plan to increase high-skilled immigration to the UK, arguing that Donald Trump is telling scientists and AI experts they are not welcome in the US.

In a speech this coming week, the former health secretary will also say that tax revenues from new North Sea oil and gasfields should be used to cut energy bills.