Labour MP hits out at Sir Keir's talk of 'island of strangers'

A MIDLAND Labour MP has condemned Sir Keir Starmer’s remarks on immigration which she claims are not sentiments which fit with her version of her party’s politics.

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Stourbridge MP Cat Eccles, who is also a member of Dudley Council, took to social media to share her thoughts on the Prime Minister’s speech introducing tough new controls on migration, where he said the UK risks becoming an ‘island of strangers’

Mc Eccles said that in Stourbridge, the people are families, friends, neighbours and colleagues and blaming migrants for our country’s problems is simply pandering to the opposition.

Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service, she added: “The comments made in that statement aren’t something I recognise in my Labour Party.