Sir Keir Starmer has accused Reform UK of promoting a “racist” policy on immigration.
Nigel Farage’s party has pledged to scrap settled status for all non-EU migrants, requiring those who have been granted indefinite leave to remain to re-apply under much stricter rules.
The Prime Minister said the policy “needs to be called out for what it is”, as he spoke to the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme.
This comes after the Home Secretary said she wants to tighten rules around claiming indefinite leave to remain and “make sure that people are making a contribution to their wider community and wider society”.
Indefinite leave to remain is the status which grants legal migrants the ability to settle in the UK without the need to renew a visa every few years.
Starmer said: “It is o