{"id":25127,"date":"2025-05-12T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/starmer-pledges-to-cut-u-k-immigration\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T10:02:01","slug":"starmer-pledges-to-cut-u-k-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/starmer-pledges-to-cut-u-k-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer Pledges to Cut U.K. Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Britain\u2019s government on Monday promised to tighten migration rules and make it harder for newcomers to permanently stay in the country, in a sign of the increasing political pressure on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to cut immigration numbers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Under the plans, visas for some lower skilled workers would be reduced, language requirements for immigrants raised and the length of time needed for most newcomers to qualify for citizenship or the right to stay permanently would double, from five years to 10.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a speech from Downing Street, Mr. Starmer, who leads the governing Labour Party, accused his predecessors of allowing immigration to run out of control and effectively creating an experiment with open borders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cToday this Labour government is shutting down the lab. The experiment is over. We are taking back control of our borders,\u201d he said, adopting the slogan used by pro-Brexit campaigners ahead of Britain\u2019s referendum on leaving the European Union in 2016.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The measures announced on Monday relate only to legal immigration. Previous Conservative leaders promised to cut immigration to specific targets, beginning with Prime Minister David Cameron, who notoriously pledged to get net migration down from hundreds of thousands a year to the \u201c<a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/03\/26\/world\/europe\/cameron-pledges-tighter-rules-for-immigrants-in-britain.html\" title=\"\">tens of thousands<\/a>,\u201d a policy that he never delivered on and which became a political liability for his party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Partly as a result of that, Mr. Starmer\u2019s plan includes no concrete targets for the number of legal immigrants who will be allowed each year, instead opting for a broad pledge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cMake no mistake, this plan means migration will fall, that\u2019s a promise,\u201d Mr. Starmer said from Downing Street, adding that if ministers need to take further steps to release pressure on housing and public services, then \u201cmark my words, we will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The crackdown contains some risks for the government at a time when the economy is flatlining, cracks are visible in the care system for the elderly, and some employers are complaining about labor shortages. But Mr. Starmer rejected the argument that large-scale immigration by definition promoted economic growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">His hardening stance reflects how migration is once again a hot-button issue in Britain. Earlier this month, Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-immigration Reform U.K. party, won a significant victory in regional and mayoral elections \u2014 marking a big setback for Mr. Starmer\u2019s Labour Party and the opposition Conservatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Immigration was a big theme during the 2016 referendum in which 52 percent of Britons voted for Brexit. Some of the biggest advocates for Brexit, including Boris Johnson and Mr. Farage, promised to \u201ctake back control\u201d of migration policy if Britain quit the European Union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But after Brexit, under Mr. Johnson\u2019s leadership as prime minister, annual net migration tripled, peaking at more than 900,000 in the year ending June 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">At the same time, arrivals of asylum seekers from France on small, often unseaworthy boats have increased and Mr. Farage has capitalized on both issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Starmer\u2019s critics argue that he is not going far enough and note that, because of restrictions outlined by the last government toward the end of its time in power, numbers are expected to fall anyway. Reform U.K. wants to freeze nonessential immigration, and the Conservatives are calling for a binding annual ceiling on it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the Conservatives, who were ejected from power last year after 14 years, have a difficult record to defend. Successive Conservative governments promised to cut net immigration to less than 100,000 a year but ended up presiding over net migration numbers <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c3degx4029ko\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">nine times<\/a> that level.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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