In Monday’s Downing Street speech, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged that his Labour government would “take back control of our borders” and “tighten up every area of the immigration system”. The speech was met with backlash as some claimed it echoed the racially charged Rivers of Blood speech made by Enoch Powell in 1968.

Keir Starmer stands by his controversial claim that high levels of immigration risk making Britain “an island of strangers”. The prime minister’s official spokesman also rejected claims that his comments made him sound like right-wing former Tory minister Enoch Powell.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government was “taking back control of our borders,” weeks after a right-wing populist party, Reform U.K., made gains in municipal elections.

Sir Keir Starmer has said Britain risked becoming an "island of strangers" as he unveiled new UK immigration rules. The prime minister said his government would "take back control of our borders" and bring down net migration,

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday he would end the country's "failed experiment in open borders" with a sweeping set of reforms to significantly drive down net migration.

Keir Starmer says migrants will have to ‘earn the right’ to live in UK as part of new crackdown - Labour prime minister to unveil new ‘contributor model’ he says will boost economic growth in the wake

as outlined in a speech by Sir Keir Starmer on Monday. The PM promised to bring down immigration numbers by tightening up the rules on those allowed to come to the UK. Details of the plans have been published in a white paper, a government document that ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke on Monday and agreed to strengthen trade, commercial, and defence ties, according to a statement from the Canadian prime minister's office.