Why are concerns about immigration branded far right? | BBC News

During the Labour Party conference, PM Keir Starmer labelled Reform UK's proposed policy of scrapping indefinite leave to remain as "racist" and "immoral".

A Question Time audience member asked: "Why are concerns about immigration branded far right?"

On the Question Time panel from the government was Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn; from the Conservatives shadow Northern Ireland secretary Alex Burghart; Sinn Féin MP John Finucane; the DUP’s economy and business spokesman Jonathan Buckley MLA, and author and journalist Aoife Moore.

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Post from BBC News on October 03, 2025