Labour Vows to Curb Migration as Tories Make Community Care Pledge

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to cut net migration while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak vowed to boost community care in his first major health offer of the election campaign. Sir Keir vowed to “bring immigration numbers down” by cracking down on “bad bosses” and linking work visas to training domestic workers, but has refused to set a specific target. Meanwhile, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has declined to rule out offshoring the processing of asylum claims. Last year’s net migration figure of 685,000 has “got to come down,” Sir Keir told The Sun on Sunday, as he vowed to “control our borders and make sure British businesses are helped to hire Brits first.”...