Eleanor Langford

3 days ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Langford

Keir Starmer has pledged that immigrants will be made to “commit to integration” and improve their standard of English if they want to settle in the UK, as part of Labour’s new immigration crackdown. Under the changes, due to be outlined in a white paper on Monday, immigrants will have to wait up to 10 years before they can apply for residency unless they can prove a “lasting contribution” to the British economy.

3 days ago | msn.com | Eleanor Langford

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3 days ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Langford

The Government is set to publish a “landmark” white paper on Monday outlining its plans to fix Britain’s “failed immigration system.”It comes amid growing concern about the levels of net migration in the UK after the numbers hit a record high of 906,000 in 2023, before falling to 728,000 last year. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, who is leading the efforts, has promised the new measures will lead to a “substantial reduction in net migration”.

6 days ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Langford

A new UK-US trade agreement has been unveiled, marking the first major economic pact between the two countries since Donald Trump’s return to the White House. While the deal stops short of a full free trade agreement, it includes measures to ease long-standing trade tensions and shield the UK from the impact of Trump’s wide-ranging tariff regime. Sir Keir Starmer signed off on the deal late Wednesday after a week of intensive talks between negotiators concluded in Washington DC.

1 week ago | inews.co.uk | Eleanor Langford

A leading economic think-tank has warned that Chancellor Rachel Reeves could face a black hole of roughly £62.9bn by the end of the decade’, raising the prospect of tax increases at her autumn Budget. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) forecasts that economic growth will likely be weaker than earlier predictions this year due to a decline in domestic demand and global economic uncertainty.