Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister
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The prime minister has been accused of coming up with a "knock off" version of the last government's notorious Rwanda scheme.
When Prime Minister Keir Starmer met his long-serving Albanian counterpart Edi Rama today, there was plenty of substance to discuss. Tackling illegal migration was on the agenda, as was the big European Political Community summit taking place in the capital Tirana tomorrow.
Once content to hum along to the liberal chorus of inclusivity and open borders, Labour under Starmer has flipped the record. If the party’s earlier stance on immigration echoed the hopeful tones of Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song—a rallying cry for arrival and adventure—Starmer has turned down the volume and remixed the track.
Overseas 'return hubs' will be used to house the migrants once they have exhausted all avenues of appeal in the UK.
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Sir Keir Starmer and European leaders will talk about how to ramp up pressure on Russia on Friday, as the Prime Minister said Vladimir Putin must “pay the price for avoiding peace” in Ukraine.
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer increased English language standards in the United Kingdom on Monday, saying future immigrants there “should speak English” and that it’s “common sense” for them to do so.
The Prime Minister was forced to defend the controversial policy after campaigners and MPs warned victims' lives are being put at risk.
Nato ally casts serious doubt Starmer’s ‘coalition of the willing’ for Ukraine - Zoltán Kovács, a senior Hungarian minister, said that his country – seen as being close to Russia – would play no part