Overview

• Starmer said Nigel Farage and Reform supporters are not racist, even as he continued to brand Reform’s plan to scrap indefinite leave to remain as racist and immoral.
• He told BBC Radio 4 that the government will reassess how UK courts interpret ECHR provisions such as Article 3 and the right to family life to allow more deportations in asylum and foreign offender cases.
• Blaming the end of EU returns arrangements after Brexit, Starmer referred to Channel crossings as “Farage boats,” with more than 33,000 arrivals reported so far this year and 895 in one day.
• Farage accused the prime minister of inciting hostility and being unfit for office, a charge Starmer rejected as he denied putting Reform activists at risk.
• Deputy PM David Lammy walked back a remark suggesting Farage had flirted with Hitler Youth and Labour peer Lord Maurice Glasman issued a personal apology to Farage, as reporting said Starmer’s conference speech strengthened his position inside Labour.