Starmer accused of ‘hostile environment on steroids’ in immigration clampdown - PM has faced backlash for the language he used in the speech setting out plans to crack down on legal migration

China has criticised the UK-US trade deal in a major blow to Keir Starmer’s bid to improve relations with the communist country. Beijing said it was a “basic principle” that such agreements should not target other nations.

Keir Starmer’s ‘firebombed’ house in north London ‘being rented by his sister-in-law’ - 21-year-old suspect held on suspicion of starting fires at two homes and a car linked to Prime Minister

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.

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.

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.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer increased English language standards in the United Kingdom on Monday, saying future immigrants there “should speak English” and that it’s “common sense” for them to do so.

Sir Keir Starmer has promised to drastically reduce Britain's net migration figures by 2029. A white paper outlines measures such as increasing English language requirements for visa holders and their dependents,