Starmer says UK sending more fighter jets to Middle East and first repatriation flight has left Oman – as it happened

PM also confirms that the first repatriation flight for Britons in the region has taken off

She says we will always offer protection to genuine refugees" and outlines how the UK has taken in Ukrainian and Hong Kong refugees.

She says restoring control at our borders is not a betrayal of Labour values". She says we must attract high-skilled workers. And that the privilege of living in this country forever must be earned".