Watch live as Sunak speaks on government plans to stop small boat Channel crossings

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2023-06-05 10:03:13  • 1 min

Watch live as Rishi Sunak holds a press conference on the governments plans to stop migrants arriving on small boats.

The prime minister will be speaking from Dover, Kent on Monday 5 June and address the progress made in the last six months since the Illegal Migration Bill was introduced.

However, Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has described the speech Mr Sunak is due to give as like Groundhog Day.

I think everybody wants to make sure that we stop the boats, we dont want people making that dangerous journey, he said.

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