We will not apologise for standing up for our values
and we will work against the global rollback on people’s rights and freedoms.
We will use all the tools available to us, including travel bans and sanctions, on individuals and entities that warrant it.
We have delivered on our manifesto pledge to introduce ‘votes for life’ for British citizens living overseas.
The UK has a strong record of providing world-leading consular support to our citizens overseas and we will ensure British nationals abroad get help when they need it.
We are proud to be a problem-solving and burden-sharing nation.
We staunchly stand behind Israel’s right to defend itself and to live with security.
We will continue to support access to aid for those affected by the conflict.
>>Illegal migration is unfair.
It is unfair for people to jump the queue in front of people who play by the rules.
It is unfair for taxpayers to pay for the hotels and public services.
And it is unfair for illegal migrants themselves who risk their lives in the hands of people smugglers.
The Conservatives are the only party with a plan to stop the boats and reduce the strain that illegal migration places on our communities and public services.
Labour have no plan and would grant an amnesty to thousands of illegal migrants.
We have made progress.
Last year, small boat arrivals to the UK fell by a third.
Our work with international partners prevented more than 26,000 crossings last year.
Our Albania deal shows that deterrence works, with numbers down 90%.
But the only way to stop the boats entirely is to remove the incentive to come – by making clear that if you come here illegally, you will not be allowed to stay.
Only then will the boats stop coming and people stop dying in the Channel.
We will: Establish a deterrent.
If we are forced to choose between our security and the jurisdiction of a foreign court, including the ECtHR, we will always choose our security.
End the legal merry-go-round.
We will stop illegal migrants from bringing spurious challenges to block their removal by bringing our Illegal Migration Act into force and clearing the asylum backlog,
with all claims processed in six months
and the use of hotels ended.
We will sign further returns deals like the one we have already agreed with Albania.
With control of our borders, we can do more to help refugees fleeing persecution.
In addition to maintaining visa schemes for people fleeing Hong Kong,
Ukraine and our Afghan settlement schemes, we will give parliament control of how many places we offer on safe and legal routes to support those in genuine need from around the world,
with a cap based on the capacity of local areas.
Immigration is too high.
We want to attract the brightest and best skilled migrants to the UK to contribute to our businesses and public services.
We must bring migration numbers down to sustainable levels to reduce the impacts on public services and housing and to restore public confidence in the system.
We have already implemented changes which mean that 300,000 people who were eligible to come the UK last year now couldn’t.
We have: Ended the ability of almost all international students and all care workers to bring dependants.
Scrapped cut-price shortage labour from overseas, by abolishing the 20% going rate salary discount for shortage occupations.
Stopped immigration from undercutting British workers, by increasing the salary threshold for Skilled Worker visas by 48% to £38,700.
Ensured those sponsoring dependants can support them financially, by raising the minimum income for family visas to £38,700.
We have taken steps to ensure those coming to the UK do not place a burden on the NHS, by requiring them to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge and increasing this to £1,035.
or requiring them to buy health insurance if they are likely to be a burden on the NHS.
We will increase all visa fees
We will ensure those who come here are able to integrate into communities and participate in the economy.
We need to control numbers and give the public confidence they will come down significantly.
whilst we bring the skills our businesses and the NHS needs.
<< Since 2010, we have invested more in the NHS than at any other point in its history.
During Covid, we saw the NHS at its finest, with extraordinary acts of service and sacrifice from health and care professionals.
Throughout the pandemic, the Conservative Government acted to save lives, protect the NHS and deliver a world leading vaccine programme.
But dealing with a once-in-a-generation pandemic put a strain on our health and social care system and it has taken time to recover.
Thanks to record funding, we now have more doctors and nurses than ever before, delivering record numbers of appointments.