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Tony Blair urges Starmer to keep grip on immigration to tackle rise of far right
Tony Blair has warned Keir Starmer to “close off the avenues” of the populist right by keeping tough controls on immigration. The former prime minister said the new government should tackle parties such as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK by dealing with people’s …