Starmer hit by growing backlash for ‘island of strangers’ warning on UK immigration

Seeking to explain his remark, the Home Secretary told BBC Breakfast: “I think part of the point that he (Sir Keir) is making is that we have to recognise people have come to the UK through generations to do really important jobs in our NHS, founding our biggest businesses, doing some of the most difficult jobs, but it’s because that’s important, the system has to be controlled and managed, and it just hasn’t been.”