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.

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.

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.

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage discusses UK’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s “imitation” of his immigration policies and comments on a Times of London cartoon which pictures Starmer dressed as him.

Sir Keir Starmer has said Britain risked becoming an "island of strangers" as he unveiled new UK immigration rules. The prime minister said his government would "take back control of our borders" and bring down net migration,

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer "completely rejects" suggestions that his remarks on immigration this week echoed an inflammatory speech from the 1960s, his spokesman said Tuesday following a backlash.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke on Monday and agreed to strengthen trade, commercial, and defence ties, according to a statement from the Canadian prime minister's office.