Labour MP says Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ warning over immigration mimics scaremongering of far right – UK politics live

PM unveils new policies meant to drive down net migration by end of this parliament

Q: If you want to grow the economy, won't these plans make it harder because it will be more difficult for people to get UK citizenship?

Starmer says he does not accept the argument that high immigration is always good for growth. The last government had high immigration but stagnant growth.

I promise that [net migration] will fall significantly, and I do want to get it down by the end of this parliament, significantly.