内容摘要：The hydroplane went on display in Cumbria earlier this month after engineer Bill Smith relinquished his bid for part-ownership following a years-long row.

The hydroplane went on display in Cumbria earlier this month after engineer Bill Smith relinquished his bid for part-ownership following a years-long row.

The White Paper was "tinkering around the edges", he argued, and "even if the numbers do reduce, they'll still be at massive historic highs".The Green Party has denounced the proposals as a "panicked and misguided" attempt to "create headlines and try to win back Reform voters".

Sir Keir dismissed claims the plans were reacting to the threat from Reform, telling broadcasters: "I'm doing this because it is right, because it is fair and because it is what I believe in."He repeatedly attacked the previous Conservative government's immigration approach as an "open borders experiment", which was now over.The UK risks "becoming an island of strangers" without strong rules on immigration and integration, he added.

Some on the left have accused Sir Keir of going too far on immigration.One Labour MP, Nadia Whittome, accused the prime minister of mimicking "the scaremongering of the far-right".

In a social media post she said: "The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous."

to read top political analysis, gain insight from across the UK and stay up to speed with the big moments. It'll be delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.Successive governments have tried unsuccessfully to reduce net migration, which is the number of people coming to the UK minus the number leaving.

Net migration climbed to a record 906,000 in June 2023, and last year it stood at 728,000.Sir Keir argued the proposals bring the immigration system "back into control", denying it was a response to the electoral success of Reform UK.

The PM said the new plans, which tackle legal migration to the UK, would ensure a "selective" and "fair" system, where "we decide who comes to this country"."Every area of the immigration system, including work, family and study, will be tightened up so we have more control," he said.