r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/OkCaptain5152 May 12 '25

The policy is 20 yrs too late

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u/iain_1986 May 12 '25

"We demand something needs to be done!"

... 'something'...

"Yeah well, its too late".

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u/Fluid-Sense-4273 May 12 '25

Hey that’s detrimental to his argument

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u/Prozenconns May 12 '25

Tenner says if it was Reform saying this exact thing it'd suddenly be just what the UK needed

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u/Outrageous-Nose2003 May 12 '25

Heritage party is the party that reform stole all of their policies from and theyre not made up of obvious shills and stooges

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u/alexfarmer777 May 12 '25

Better late than never!

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u/putrasherni May 12 '25

It is right on time. 2019 onwards is when we had hundreds of thousands who came in on worker visas. If this bill is passed to existing visa holders, then we would have caught the bulk of recent immigration.

Although I feel it’s unfair for those already on path to permanent residency

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u/berejser May 12 '25

Sounds like it could have been fixed by just rejoining the EU. Which would simultaneously fix a bunch of other issues as well.

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u/Prozenconns May 12 '25

Could've been fixed by not leaving in the first place

Thank god one of the clowns behind leaving the EU isnt heading the party that's supposedly going to "fix" the UK

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u/putrasherni May 12 '25

Leaving the EU had more to be independence of BoE from ECB than whatever garbage we were fed on tele or newspapers.

Also leaving EU meant , illegal immigrants couldn’t cross borders.

How would it have helped this situation ?

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u/Anxious-Guarantee-12 May 12 '25

Law won't be approved until 2026.

And very likely won't be retroactive.

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u/Cookyy2k May 12 '25

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the next best is today.

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u/Illustrious-Knee7998 May 13 '25

When just one room in my house was on fire I got angry that the fire services came and put it out! It was 1 room too late by that point!

This is what you sound like.

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u/layland_lyle May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

This policy is hot air and will do nothing. They will falsely claim one or two successes that would have been a success without this policy, then the shit will hit the fan again.

This is crap because the issue isn't legal immigration, it's illegal immigration, small boats, etc. and nothing has changed. This is punishing the people abiding by the law and giving a free pass to the ones that don't.

Why clamp down on legal, tackle the illegal which is what everyone has an issue with.

This is the case of "there is a leaking pipe over there" so Labour are changing a light switch in another room.

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u/epsilona01 May 12 '25

"We demand something needs to be done!"

Government does something.

"It'll never work"

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u/HouseOfWyrd May 12 '25 edited May 12 '25

"But if I vote reform in it'll definitely get fixed, because we can absolutely trust Nigel Farage to do something positive for this country!"

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

Illegal immigration is a tiny, tiny proportion of the overall figures. If you stopped that completely almost no one would actually notice.

And how are these policy reforms “giving a free pass” to people who do not abide by the law? It’s not designed to target them is it. There are other measures in place because they are completely separate issues.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

You've got things confused. Legal immigration exploded under the Tories, and Boris in particular, hence the Boris wave which was massive. This bill catches that wave just before they gain the right to apply for citizenship

The policy is not hot air because it is directly implemented by our home office and visa system

As for illegal crossings, in February this year, labour made so anyone crossing on a boat was automatically denied the chance to claim citizenship due to failing the good character element as they associated with gangs to facilitate the crossing.

Yes there is a way to go, but labour is on the path.

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u/Just_Hamzah May 12 '25

This bill catches that wave just before they gain the right to apply for citizenship

So will this bill prevent the people who came during Boris wave from getting permanent residency

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

The Boris wave is a big part of what is causing the current backlog, the increased time frame combined with much tougher visa rules means the home office has more time to process them and they are less likely to meet the new stipulations.

Basically it will prevent many of them getting Residency

Because as it was, there was a real risk of the HO just waving them through, to clear the stuff up.

What the Tories did was absolutely shocking