General election latest: Labour says Abbott issue ‘resolved’ as Starmer pledges to slash ‘sky high’ migration
Labour frontbencher Yvette Cooper has claimed the issue with Diane Abbott over whether she can run in the upcoming general election has been “resolved” after days of back and forth.
Asked on Sky News whether she expects Ms Abbott to be the Labour candidate for Hackney and Stoke Newington after a row over whether this would be permitted, the shadow home secretary said: “I assume so. Yes.
“I mean, I’m very glad it’s been resolved for Diane. She continues to be a very important figure in the Labour Party.”
It comes as Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to slash levels of migration to the UK. The Labour leader is putting the migration plan in his manifesto, and it will include passing laws to ban law-breaking employers from hiring foreign workers and to train more Britons.
Last year’s net migration figure of 685,000 has “got to come down,” he told The Sun on Sunday, as he vowed to “control our borders and make sure British businesses are helped to hire Brits first”.
