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.

Keir Starmer is certainly talking a good game when it comes to cutting immigration.The UK risks becoming “an island of strangers”, the prime minister said, unless something is done to reduce the numbers coming from abroad.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised on Monday to cut net migration to Britain significantly over the next four years, saying the country risked becoming "an island of strangers" without tougher rules on immigration.