Starmer blocks UK immigration law.

• Prime Minister Keir Starmer announces tightening immigration policy to avoid UK becoming an “island of strangers.”
• New rules could double the time to permanent residence, raise English language standards, and close the social care visa route.
• The White Paper promises a “selective and fair” migration system.
• Plans to end overseas worker recruitment for social care jobs, keep visa extensions until 2028, and permit in-country switching.
• Increases threshold for skilled-worker visas to graduate level and tightens English language requirements.