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UK economy must end 'its immigration dependency', Starmer tells CBI

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Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference, Labour leader Keir Starmer says the "days when low pay and cheap labour are part of the British way on growth must end". Starmer urges his audience of business owners and industry figures to begin weaning the "British economy off its immigration dependency" as he set out his party's vision for the country's economic future. SOUNDBITE

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