LABOUR struggled to distinguish itself from the Tories today after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced the latest iteration of racist hostile environment immigration policies — in the Sun newspaper.

Ms Cooper said that 1,000 civil servants have been redeployed from working on the now-abandoned Rwanda scheme to staffing a new returns and enforcement programme to “fast track” deportations.

Ms Cooper said immigration operations will intensify over the summer, and target businesses such as car washes and the beauty sector.