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.

In Monday’s Downing Street speech, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer pledged that his Labour government would “take back control of our borders” and “tighten up every area of the immigration system”. The speech was met with backlash as some claimed it echoed the racially charged Rivers of Blood speech made by Enoch Powell in 1968.

Keir Starmer said that the Russian president's 'tactics' to delay "while continuing to kill and cause bloodshed across Ukraine, (are) intolerable".

What deal is Sir Keir Starmer trying to get with EU? - Sir Keir Starmer will try to rebuild Britain’s relationship with the EU, on everything from defence, fishing rights, migration and food standards,

The Prime Minister was forced to defend the controversial policy after campaigners and MPs warned victims' lives are being put at risk.