The British prime minister is raising the requirements in concert with an immigration crackdown to end the U.K.'s "failed experiment in open borders."

China has criticised the UK-US trade deal in a major blow to Keir Starmer’s bid to improve relations with the communist country. Beijing said it was a “basic principle” that such agreements should not target other nations.

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.

Sir Keir Starmer is set to increase co-operation with Albania on tackling illegal immigration and organised crime as he visits the country on Thursday.

Keir Starmer stands by his controversial claim that high levels of immigration risk making Britain “an island of strangers”. The prime minister’s official spokesman also rejected claims that his comments made him sound like right-wing former Tory minister Enoch Powell.

Keir Starmer says suspected arson on properties in north London are 'attack on all of us' - Tory leader told PMQs that she was ‘horrified’ by the alleged incidents

The prime minister is due in the House of Commons where he'll face questions from Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and backbench MPs.

Backlash to Starmer’s immigration speech ‘overblown’ – minister - Sir Keir’s comments have been likened to Enoch Powell’s infamous ‘rivers of blood’ speech.