Labour leader vows to pass laws to ban law-breaking employers from hiring workers from abroad and to train more BritonsKeir Starmer has unveiled a manifesto promise to slash levels of migration to the UK.
Net migration levels hit 685,000 last year, more than three times higher than the figure at the time of the last election when the Conservatives promised to cut overall numbers in their 2019 manifesto. He added: “This is a changed Labour Party back in the service of working people. That means not just talking about sky-high migration but acting on it.”“I’m not going to duck the challenge.”
Starmer said employers have become “too reliant” on workers from overseas and “should always have a choice of recruiting a British worker first”.
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