Parliament should be able to impose Trump-style travel bans, says Badenoch – UK politics live

<p>Tory leader says lawmakers should have the ability to bring in such measures on ‘a country-specific basis’</p><p>As <strong>Jessica Elgot </strong>and<strong> Amelia Gentleman</strong> report, Downing Street is exploring new proposals for a digital ID card to crack down on illegal migration, rogue landlords and exploitative work, set out in a policy paper authored by a centre-left thinktank.</p><p><strong>Steve Reed</strong>, the environment secretary, was the government voice on the media this morning and he confirmed that the government is interested in this idea. He told Times Radio:</p><p>It’s absolutely something that we are looking at, and that we should be looking at.</p><p>We know we need to look at all the actions we can take to stop the levels of illegal migration that we were seeing particularly under the last government.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/jun/06/labour-victory-hamilton-scotland-reform-conservatives-uk-politics-live-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>