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Welsh First Minister says she will not use ‘divisive language’ on immigration

Welsh Labour leader Eluned Morgan refused to say whether she supported the Prime Minister saying the UK risked becoming an ‘island of strangers’.

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Yvette Cooper left to spin the unspinnable after Starmer’s ‘island of strangers’ speech

Home secretary insists prime minister meant everything he said on immigration – except the stuff he didn’t mean to say

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No 10 defends Starmer’s language on immigration likened to Enoch Powell speech

Downing Street says it is wrong to compare PM’s warning about ‘island of strangers’ to 1968 ‘rivers of blood’ speech

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There’s one slight issue with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality

The government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the data, says professor of public policy Jonathan Portes

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Starmer doubles down on ‘island of strangers’ immigration row amid growing Labour revolt

Downing Street has rejected comparisons to former right-wing Tory MP Enoch Powell and insisted the prime minister will ‘not shy away’ from the issue of immigration as Tory MP Robert Jenrick and Viktor Orban’s government praised his language

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Immigrants are not spongers or skivers, says Sadiq Khan, after PM's 'island of strangers' speech

London mayor says of Sir Keir Starmer’s comments: ‘Those aren’t words that I would use’

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Starmer ‘completely rejects’ claims he echoed Enoch Powell in migration speech

The Prime Minister warned the UK risked becoming an ‘island of strangers’ if migration controls were not tightened.

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UK PM Starmer accused of echoing far-right amid immigration overhaul

The UK leader was criticised for warning that the country could become an "island of strangers". Some of his own MPs say these words echoed a phrase in Enoch Powell's infamous "Rivers of Blood" speech in 1968.

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Keir Starmer Hit with Devastating Blow Live on ITV's Loose Women as Reform Threat Grows

Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s announcement on the government's plans to tackle the migrant crisis has raised some eyebrows.

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Robert Jenrick claims UK ‘already island of strangers’ in rare support for Starmer

Sir Keir found himself in unusual political company as the former Tory immigration minister – who has typically been at loggerheads with the Labour leader on migration – defended the PM’s remarks

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Starmer’s migration speech ‘completely different’ to Enoch Powell’s, says Yvette Cooper

Home secretary says PM talked about strength in diversity, after criticism from MPs over ‘island of strangers’ rhetoric

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Cooper defends Starmer as migration speech likened to ‘rivers of blood’ language

The Home Secretary insisted the tone of the Prime Minister’s migration plan was ‘completely different’ from Enoch Powell’s 1968 anti-migration speech.

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Keir Starmer hit by growing backlash for 'island of strangers' warning on immigration to Britain

London MPs have heavily criticised the Prime Minister over his language

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UK ‘already an island of strangers’, Jenrick claims as PM faces backlash

The plans, which are expected to reduce the number of people coming to the UK by up to 100,000 per year, include reforming work and study visas.

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UK Faces Flood of 'Hundreds of Millions' More Migrants – Here’s What Could Stop It

Former International Development Secretary Sir Andrew Mitchell has issued a stark warning that unless a major intervention is launched to transform North Africa.

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