Tories claim Starmer has 'no credibility' on immigration because he is ruling out cap
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Conservatives have responded to Keir Starmer’s press conference this afternoon by claiming that he has “no credibility” on immigration because he does not support a cap on numbers. In a statement issued by CCHQ,
Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said:
If Keir Starmer really cared about bringing down net migration, he would not have suspended our increase to the family visa salary threshold and scrapped the deterrent the National Crime Agency said we needed, which were part of our reforms to bring down the numbers down.
Keir Starmer has no credibility on this issue. He has ruled out a legal migration cap and since he became prime minister channel boat crossings are up 23%. And we learnt today that 6,000 more asylum seekers are in hotels - despite Starmer’s promise to end hotel use.