Labour crackdown on immigration with new powers to deport foreign nationals convicted of any crime as Keir Starmer responds to growing threat posed by Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Migrants could be kicked out of the country if they commit any crime under a planned government crackdown. Currently, foreign criminals are only reported to the Home Office if they receive a jail sentence – and only those given a year behind bars are usually considered for deportation. But Labour is set to rip up those rules as it tries to get a grip on immigration and see off the growing threat posed by Nigel Farage's rampant Reform UK party. Under Home Secretary Yvette Cooper's plans, the Home Office will be told of all foreign nationals convicted of any offence,...