Starmer says Chagos Islands deal to cost £100m a year – UK politics live

PM says government was likely to lose cases in international courts if it resisted Mauritius’s claims of sovereigntyThe Conservatives are taking the credit for the near-50% fall in net migration. They say it is the changes to visa rules that they introduced that brought the numbers down.This is from Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary.Net migration has halved - dropped by 430,000 - in 2024 compared to 2023This is thanks to measures put in place by the last Conservative GovernmentThis drop is because of the visa rule changes that I put in place.Labour will try to claim credit for these figures but they criticised me at the time, and have failed to fully implement the changes. Continue reading...