In Calais, Sir Keir Starmer has stated that he is "determined" to keep up the British border checks.

A group of French mayors has demanded that a pact that permits UK immigration checks to be conducted prior to crossing the English Channel be terminated.

"Taking this up with the French authorities" is what the prime minister indicated he would be doing.

Sir Keir told BBC Radio Kent: "We need those checks to be carried out there.

"I'm taking this up with the French authorities because it's a very important provision. I am concerned about that and determined to make sure that we get the checks where we need them."

The prime minister also tackled the issue of small boat crossings.

With crossings close to exceeding 20,000 since Labour took power in the July elections, he said: "We need to break the gangs.

"Before I was a politician I was the chief prosecutor... and we took down gangs that were involved in terrorism, guns and drugs, and do not accept that the only gangs that can't be broken are these gangs."