PM says Trump 'is not right' on European migration

The prime minister said disagreements were "in the nature of a relationship between a president and a prime minister"

Sir Keir Starmer says Donald Trump "is not right" that European countries are "going to hell" because of migration.

The US president told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday that countries "are being ruined" by "uncontrolled migration".

But the prime minister said "we have a compassionate, reasonable, tolerant people in this country and I'm very proud of who we are".

"There's a lot we agree on, there's some things we don't agree on," Sir Keir told BBC South East when asked about President Trump's comments. "That's in the nature of a relationship between a president and a prime minister."

The prime minister said he was working "very closely" with Trump but there were "areas where I don't agree with the president".

The US president's remarks came the week after he suggested during a state visit that the UK could use the military to stop illegal migration.

A UK minister later rejected that suggestion.

Sir Keir said he accepted the "challenge" of tackling illegal migration, particularly Channel crossings.

He said he wanted to send "as many [migrants] as possible" to France under the "one in one out" migrant returns agreement but would not be drawn on numbers.

He accepted the four people returned to France so far were "small numbers" but said "we've proved it could be done and now we need to ramp it up".

The prime minister previously said a prior scheme to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was not a deterrent because it would deport less than 1% of small boat arrivals.

He refused to be drawn on whether his scheme would deport more than 320 people - 1% of arrivals so far this year.

He said there was "no silver bullet" and the UK needed to work with France "in relation to their maritime tactics".

Send system 'does not work well'

Speaking before the Labour Party conference, Sir Keir told BBC South East the government "can't leave" the system for supporting children with special educational needs "as it is".

Parents are "raising their concerns that the current system simply does not work well," he said, and he would not rule out scrapping education, health and care plans, which legally entitle young people to support.

The prime minister added he was looking forward to being in position ahead of the following year's conference, following speculation over his future.