Keir Starmer announces new measures to “tighten” immigration system – UK political scene politics
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Conservatives reject Keir Starmer’s tough advice on immigration. In a statement issued overnight in response to a briefing on the white paper plan Chris Philpthe shadow home secretary said:
Keir Starmer pretended to be tough, but just a few weeks ago his MP voted against our 10-year test of residence and economic contribution to take indefinite leave. Now he said immigrants who cannot contribute should still be allowed to stay.
He tried to significantly reduce the number of visas recently due to conservative reforms in April 2024.
Starmer also suspended the £38,000 salary threshold for family visas on conservative plans. Will he bring it back now?
Today, conservatives are voting on binding immigration caps and removing the Human Rights Act from immigration matters. But Starmer and Labour will vote.
Starmer, the same man, wrote letters protesting against dangerous foreign criminals and overseeing illegal immigration across the passage for the worst year ever. Starmer’s hard idea of immigration is a joke.
Philp refers to the Conservative amendment to the border security, asylum and immigration bill, which will go through its remaining phase in the House of Commons tonight.
Nursing department alerts plans to terminate international nursing staff recruitment
Nursing providers are concerned about these suggestions End international nursing staff recruitment. In a statement issued yesterday, Jane Townson CEO Family Care Associationon behalf of the home care provider, said:
International recruitment is the lifeline of the home care sector, allowing us to provide important support to the elderly and disabled in our homes. Nursing providers have been working hard to recruit within the UK. We are very worried that the government has not yet correctly considered what will happen to millions of people who rely on their safe and independent lives at home..
This morning Amy ClarkThe business director of a nursing home company in Cornwall told Plan Today that she believes it is not realistic for the government to expect the ambulance club to recruit all employees in the country. She said:
The biggest problem we will have is if we can’t recruit any overseas employees because it’s very, very difficult to recruit locally.
We have been trying to recruit locally. We raised our salary and we still didn’t attract applicants.
We always pay more than the minimum wage, but this has become increasingly difficult, especially with the increase in national insurance costs and the poor rise of local authorities related to social care funds.
It is worth highlighting that today’s white papers are about legal immigration. Polls show that the public is concerned about high levels of legal immigration, but the political debate about immigration is driven in large part by concerns about illegal or irregular immigration – if they claim to be asylum, they arrive on a small boat, especially if they are placed in hotels.
Irregular immigration accounts for only a small part of the overall immigration. according to National Bureau of Statistics numberas of June 2024, 1.2 million people lived. During this period, 39,000 people arrived in small boats. Most of them tried to ask for asylum, this chart compared to ONS and the number of asylums to come to the UK via other routes.
This is widely misunderstood. In it Briefing on local elections The campaign group was published last week More common The poll released shows that many voters – as well as more than half of the Conservative Party and supporters of the reform UK – believe that more than 50% of immigration to the UK is illegal. (More commonality says the actual number is close to 10%.) Liberal Democrats and Green supporters are the best people in the matter, but even one-third believe in “more than 50%” novels.
This is an analysis of what we expect in the white paper Rajeev Syalthe interior editor of The Guardian.
This is an excerpt.
[The white paper] For decades, the central purpose of Labor’s economic policy will be challenged: immigration is good on a wide range because it can help the economy develop.
Government insiders say the “failed free market experiment” that allows overseas workers to enter the UK freely is the main factor causing political chaos over the past decade.
Keir Starmer appears to have adopted elements of populist language closely associated with Nigel Farage, in a situation where he insists that foreign workers should learn “our language.”
The language attracted criticism from labor politicians more than a decade ago when the British reform leaders used it.
Keir Starmer announces new measures to “tighten” immigration system
Good morning. Keir Starmer Today, he said the government’s immigration white paper will tighten rules on all aspects of the visa system. He will hold a press conference at 8.30 a.m. He said in his comments overnight that this would mark a “clean rest from the past.”
Normally, Whitehall policy changes when changes occur, but policy-making is more continuity than party politicians tend to admit, and a “clean break” could have happened 18 months ago. Before that, when Britain was in the EU and after leaving, the government (Labor and Conservatives) was tolerant of high levels of net immigration (Labor and Conservatives) (when net immigration soared under the Conservatives). At the time Home Secretary James Cleverly announced a series of changes to the visa rules in December 2023, saying net migration would be reduced by 300,000 per year. Today, the labor of serving as Home Secretary with Yvette Cooper is developing further, but in the same direction. In some ways, this is a collaborative announcement. But that doesn’t mean it’s no big deal, especially for Labour.
Some comments about today’s announcement are knee responses to reforming Britain’s enormous success in local elections. Starmer is certainly worried about reform. exist interview He told the Sun yesterday that even before the local elections, “we are planning on facing reforms in the next election” rather than being the main opponent of the Labor Party’s Conservative Party. But Labor is also worried about losing votes to the Liberal Democrats and Green, if it is just a reform sabotage action, Starmer will announce that before the local election, not afterward. Since he told CBI in his 2022 speech, Starmer announced plans today are the final form of policy that has been evolving. By then, if you tell him that at the end of the decade, Nigel Farage does have a chance to be a PM, he won’t take you seriously.
The white paper is almost going to promote the rolling and budgeting budget. The Ministry of the Interior has issued three news notices – says “Britain reforms will be made to the UK’s failed immigration system”the plan will “Easier to remove foreign criminals who commit crimes in Britain”,That “International nursing staff recruitment will end”. This is Rajeev SyalOvernight preview.
According to the 10th All-night Bulletin, this is what Keir Starmer is going to say this morning.
For years, we have built a system that encourages businesses to attract low-paying workers rather than investing in our young people.
That was the UK created by this broken system.
Every area of the immigration system, including work, family and study, will be tightened, so we have more control. Execution will be more difficult than ever, and migration numbers will drop.
We will create a controlled, selective and fair system.
Recognize those who truly contribute to the growth and society of Britain while restoring common sense and control of our borders.
This was a clean break from the past that would ensure that reconciliation in this country is a privilege, not a right.
When people come to our country, they should also be committed to integrating and learning our language.
Lower net migration, higher skills and support for UK workers – that’s what this white paper can offer.
This is the agenda of the day.
8.30am: Keir Starmer held a press conference on the Immigration White Paper.
2.30pm: Work and Pension Secretary Liz Kendall asked a question in the House of Commons.
After 3.30 pm: Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is expected to issue a statement to members of Congress on the immigration white paper.
3.45pm: Downing Street held a briefing in the hall.
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