Foreign criminal and visa crackdowns part of UK plans to cut immigration
The Peninsula
London: The UK government on Sunday said it would give itself stronger powers to deport foreign criminals and lift the threshold for skilled worker vi...
London: The UK government on Sunday said it would give itself stronger powers to deport foreign criminals and lift the threshold for skilled worker visas in a bid to bring down immigration levels.
"Net migration must come down," interior minister Yvette Cooper wrote in the Sunday Telegraph, a day before she presents the government's Immigration White Paper to parliament, which will contain its proposals.
Her Labour party is under pressure to tackle the issue, with the anti-immigration Reform party scoring a resounding win in recent local elections and riding high in the polls.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer wrote on X on Sunday that previous Conservative governments had "lost control of our borders".
"I won't stand for it. I promised to restore control and cut migration, and I'm delivering with tough new measures," he added.
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