Kier Starmer announces ‘tighter’ immigration policy



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  1. Under the White Paper proposals, migrants will have to spend 10 years in the UK before being able to apply for citizenship, but so-called “high-contributing” individuals such as doctors and nurses could be fast-tracked through the system.

    Language requirements will be increased for all immigration routes to ensure a higher level of English.

    Rules will also be laid out for adult dependants, meaning that they will have to demonstrate a basic understanding of the language.

    Meanwhile, skilled worker visas will require a university degree, and there will be tighter restrictions on recruitment for jobs with skills shortages.

    [Source](https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics/keir-starmer-pledges-crackdown-immigration-35209264)

  4. And the border crossings? That’s one of the major issues labour needs to be seen to fix.

  5. Great news. Now tackle the illegal crossings and I think he can start winning some much needed favour from the voting public

  6. Labour desperately trying to appeal to the knuckledragging Reform voters as they clearly have no clue and no spine. The problen is wealth gap, again, the ptoblem is wealth inequality. Once more for measure, the rich dicks keeps pointing at immagration while they lift money out of your poclet. You can tighten it all you like, but shell & bp are still shafting the whole uk, will they bting in a policy to rein in the energy market??? You jnow the thing that actually effects ALL businesses and households???? Will they bollocks.

  7. A well needed start…conversation needs to start…and they are right it’s becoming a place with many strangers…

  8. Spain and France need to kick out all those retired English folk, not willing to integrate or learn their native language.

  9. It’s depressing seeing people calling this lies or posturing that won’t actually happen, but then no doubt supporting and voting for Reform as though they would actually do anything either.

    I don’t really trust Starmer or Labour, but I certainly trust them more than Farage (who hasn’t done a single beneficial thing for us or this country in his entire life) or Reform.

  10. I had written Keir off, but he’s starting to win me over. Still a lot to play for yet though, and a long way to go until the ballot box.

    EDIT: KEIR, not Kier, OP is spreading misinformation in an attempt to undermine our democracy and to give Putin an argument that we’ve always been apart of Russia.

  12. I don’t see it doing anything but killing the economy tbh.

    Yes growth didn’t increase with low cost labour, but that’s because the rich took all the profits out the country XD.

    They need to look at the companies and the rich.

    Is immigration an issue? Yes. 100%.

    Is it the most pressing issue? No. Not even close.

    The real issues are, building houses and wealth inequality.

    Solve these first.

  13. Who’s this ‘Kier’ everyone is talking about? The man’s name is KEIR.

  14. It’s over 60 million people.

    I cannot possibly know them all and neither can he.

    It’s ALREADY an island of strangers… and it doesn’t help that many people are so busy working their asses off in two income households just to put food on the table they’ve no time for a meaningful social life either.

  15. – Conservatives in power for 14 years
    – Starmer announces tighter immigration policy
    – Gets criticized for being too late
    I’m so sick of Labour being held up to a higher standard than the opposition. And I just know it’ll be used to justify electing a party that’s much worse and is held to a lower standard. Like, Christ I know Labour is making mistakes but at least they’re not rubbing their hands in glee about it, have we already forgotten the disdain the conservatives displayed for the general public? Or the damage they caused us through their economic policies? I’m just pleased we have a grown-up in charge now.

  17. People have wanted this for 20 years and nothing happened, not much expectations here either. They won’t be happy until the uk is a 3rd world country.

  18. Reform should not get into positions of power. So if this’ll push Labour government to do something for the country it’ll only benefit the us, it’s citizens. And will ensure we won’t have a far right government in here

  19. Becoming and island of strangers? A day late and a pound short

  21. The restrictions will be on legal immigrants, of course. It’s going to be business as usual with illegal immigrants

  22. I’ll point out that this policy will not stop people voting for Reform – the vast majority of Reform voters have never voted Labour anyway. What will happen is Labour will continue to hemorrhage traditional Labour votes to the Lib Dems and the Greens because people are horrified at how right-wing they’ve become…

  23. All well and good talking a good game. Now we’ll wait and see if legal immigration numbers especially ACTUALLY fall.

  24. Clearly they are shitting themselves that Reform are on the up. If Labour were that bothered, why was this not announced during the election?

    I don’t trust them in the slightest.

  26. Why conflate two problems, visas are extremely expensive as is cost of living people have to contribute in taxes like all of us and pay a surcharge on nhs on top of it. Illegal immigration is a completely different problem. One is adding to the work force and pay for the privilege the other is costing the uk a lot. Most people don’t have the funds even emergency funds in order to pay for those 5 years of renewed visas I’m talking from experience. They should crack down on modern slavery under ‘work’ and previously loopholes student visas which foreign business owners exploit to make money themselves with a cheap constant employee who has no option because if they were to complain they would be gone with a the click of the finger of the ‘sponsor’, this is far more common then you probably realise.

  27. Good start. Now sort out the people who shouldn’t be here.

  28. Why would people believe Starmer on this? It’s purely reactionary to Reforms recent victories in the last round of local elections.

    They also refused to commit to any outcome other than ‘reducing net migration by end of the term’. Which means basically nothing and isn’t really committing to anything.

    Proof will be in the pudding but Starmer doesn’t have the trust of the British public.

  30. I wish Labour would do something that would actually impact people’s lives in a meaningful way instead of just trying to win over Reform voters who are never going to vote Labour anyway.

  31. And he still wont stay in government at the next election. Never fight a populist at his own game.

  32. If the ten years is for spousal visas that would be wild. They already increased the wage requirement to 37k and the visa fees. Spouses are double taxed with paying NHS fees, NI and taxes. It costs a fortune and people are just gonna go to better countries that happily welcome high earners.

  33. It’s the illegal crossings that’s upsetting the UK

  34. This will not stop the boats. Bring back Rowanda option back on the table. The mere mention of it lowered the crossings 🤷‍♂️. Get it running.

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