What's likely to be in Labour's immigration crackdown?
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is preparing to unveil fresh plans to reduce UK net migration, which last year stood at 728,000.
Successive governments have battled largely in vain to reduce net migration, which is the number of people coming to the UK minus the number leaving.
In June 2023, the figures hit a record 906,000.
The Home Office will not officially confirm the planned new laws in its immigration white paper, due early next week.
But here is what we think it might include.
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