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Radio 4,12 May 2025,30 mins

Sir Keir Starmer promises to cut legal migration to the UK

Six O'Clock News

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The prime minister has promised to significantly cut the number of people coming to live in the UK, as part of plans to tighten up every area of the immigration system. Also: Stocks have risen around the world after the US and China agreed to reduce tariffs on each other's goods. And one of India's greatest ever cricketers, Virat Kohli, has announced his retirement from Test cricket.

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