Chris Philp defends Reform UK's migrant policy

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Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has defended Reform UK after Keir Starmer branded the party's migrant policy as "racist" and "immoral". Reform 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. Mr Philp said: "It is not racist and it is not immoral to want to get control of our borders."   Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00No, I don't agree with Keir Starmer. It was completely wrong of him to describe those plans as racist and immoral.

00:05They are neither of those things. It is not racist and it is not immoral to want to get control of our borders.

00:11Now, we Conservatives have more detailed and credible plans on indefinite leave to remain,

00:17extending the qualification period, introducing conditions, having a binding annual limit at a very low level on inward migration.

00:25So we have credible plans which reform don't have, but it was completely wrong of Keir Starmer to use that language.

00:32It is not racist to want to get border control put in place.

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