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David Cameron says he will not give up on his target  to reduce net migration to below 100,000, despite figures showing net migration to the UK reaching its highest level for a decade.

In a speech at the Home Office, Mr Cameron announced measures aimed at curbing EU migration by reducing migrants' rights to claim benefits in the UK.

Labour said the government had "broken promises" on immigration, while UKIP said the prime minister's announcements were a "smoke screen to mask today's appalling immigration statistics".

Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall told reporters that the party should commit to the Nato target of spending at least 2% of national income on defence. She also said Labour must reform public services and embrace the government's education reforms in England.

Nigel Farage again insisted that UKIP is "united" ahead of a referendum on the UK's membership of the EU - and predicted that other parties will be "torn apart" by the debate. He is "taking a break" for a few weeks' rest and handing the reins to deputy leader Paul Nuttall.

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"I've found the Labour leadership debate the most depressing, vacuous, platitude-filled debate," Owen Jones tells the Question Time audience.

"Working people need a political voice now as much as they have ever done," he adds.

The panel were asked whether the backing of trade unions is the "kiss of death" for a Labour leadership candidate - which outgoing Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy said about Unite leader Len McCluskey.

Deputy Labour leadership candidate Stella Creasy says Labour needs to debate its "relationship with the public", adding: "The trade unions are a massive part of our future."

Lib leadership candidate Tim Farron thinks it is "bad for Labour and bad for the unions that they are joined at the hip".

He jokes: "I'll be all ears if Len McCluskey chooses to back my leadership bid."

Labour MP Stella Creasy says no-one believes what any of the politicians say on immigration, which is not helped when David Cameron says he is "going to make something illegal that is already illegal".

The Labour deputy leadership candidate says "he is going to make illegal working a criminal offence", to laughter.

"Immigration has been much more of a blessing than it has ever been a curse," Lib Dem MP Tim Farron says.

"This is the politics of fear and division and the demonisation of those other than us," he claims.

On the Conservatives' target to cut net migration to under 100,000 people per year, he says:

Allegra Stratton
Newsnight Political Editor

Newsnight's political editor says some Labour figures have been calling leadership candidates with the backing of a large amount of MPs - such as Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper - to gift some of their MP nominations to others to ensure a broader contest.

Labour MP Stephen Kinnock - the son of former leader Neil - told her "it would be a real pity if the field were to narrow too early" and suggested leading candidates could "tactically transfer their nominations".

Also, the idea of a "break clause" in which the victorious candidate submits to re-election after three years, has been floated by the outgoing Labour leader in the Lords, Baroness Royall, and shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt.

Some Labour members feel that "the right person now may not be the right person in 2020", Allegra says.

Vicky Young
Chief Political Correspondent

Vicky Young reports on the BBC Ten O'Clock News on the Liberal Democrats' election wipeout in the south west of England at the hands of their erstwhile coalition partners: the Conservatives.

She says the region was "the closest there was to a Liberal Democrat heartland. Not any more."

The Tories "had no qualms about targeting their coalition partners", she adds.

Lib Dem Adrian Sanders, who lost his Torbay seat after 18 years, says voters were looking for a party to provide something new.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says the government's target to bring net migration down to under 100,000 people per year is "the right ambition".

She adds: "People in this country want there to be a controlled immigration system."

She tells the BBC Question Time audience that an Immigration Bill in next week's Queen's speech will contain "measures to tackle the unfairness" of people overstaying visas and "taking advantage of our health service and our benefits system".

The Independent

Donald Macintyre gives his take on Liz Kendall's Labour leadership pitch in the Independent., external

"Talk about a week being a long time in politics," he writes.

"Two shadow cabinet carriers of the Blairite torch, Chuka Umunna and Tristram Hunt decide not to contest the Labour leadership. And suddenly the new girl in town is announcing: 'As prime minister I will restore our position as a nation that protects our citizens.'