Prime Minister Keir Starmer has urged European leaders to take swift action in curbing joint human rights laws, in a desparate attempt to encourage member states to implement stronger measures to protect their borders and counter the rise of the populist right across the continent, reports The Press Association.

Ahead of a crucial European summit on Wednesday, Starmer called on members to "go further" in modernising the interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to prevent asylum seekers from using it to avoid deportation.

Under sweeping changes announced last month, the government said it wanted to introduce measures to stop asylum seekers using their rights in the ECHR to a family life to avoid deportation. The Conservatives and Reform UK have called for with

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