David Lammy accused Nigel Farage of “poundshop patriotism” as he doubled down on claims the Reform leader’s immigration plans are racist.

The Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister claimed Mr Farage’s “policies don’t match British values”.

And he warned that Reform would “round up and deport our French, our Indian, our Caribbean neighbours who already have indefinite leave to remain.

“It is racist.”

He told Labour’s party conference there is a choice between “real patriotism that builds Britain up or pound-shop patriotism that drags Britain down.”

Mr Farage has previously clarified that his deportation plans would not include EU nationals.

It is the latest development in an increasingly bitter feud between Labour and Reform.

Sir Keir Starmer’s party has slumped in the polls after a landslide 14 months ago, with the migrant crisis largely to blame.

During that time Reform UK has seen its popularity surge.

An Ipsos poll last week put Reform on 34% support, Labour at 22% and the Tories on just 14%.

Mr Farage last week vowed to force non-EU migrants to re-apply for visas under a stricter criteria including a higher salary requirement and a better standard of English.

Sir Keir took a swipe at the idea during an interview with the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as he kicked off the Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool.

He said: “What was said last week about deporting migrants who are lawfully here, who’ve been here for years, working in our hospitals, in our schools, running businesses, our neighbours…and Reform say they want to deport them. That would tear our country apart.”

But Mr Farage told the Daily Express the attacks are a sign of growing desperation.

He said: “Starmer thinks anybody here on a time-limited visa is entitled to stay in Britain for ever. Labour do not believe in border controls – and think anyone who does is racist.

“This is a desperate attack from a man sinking in the opinion polls and leading a divided party.”

In a sign that Labour is attempting to take the fight to Reform, Mr Lammy doubled down on Sir Keir’s claim and urged Labour’s supporters to oppose the plan. The Justice Secretary said: “He wraps himself in our flag, but his policies don’t match British values.

“We must call his scheme to round up and deport our French, our Indian, our Caribbean neighbours, who already have indefinite leave to remain what it is – it is racist – and say not in our country, not in our name, not in our time.”

Mr Lammy also took a shot at the Tories, saying shadow lord chancellor Robert Jenrick’s attacks on judges would “make Winston Churchill shudder in his grave”.

He said: “Robert, patriotism isn’t smearing our independent judiciary from a pub on X. It’s standing up for the rule of law.”

Mr Lammy said that taking on the role of Justice Secretary “feels like coming home” for him.

At the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Mr Lammy said: “Justice has been the constant thread throughout my life. Growing up in the shadow of Tottenham’s Broadwater Farm Estate in (Margaret) Thatcher’s Britain – it wasn’t easy.

“I was stopped and searched by the police. I saw too many people who look like me who ended up on the wrong side of the law.

“But education gave me a different path – I studied law, I practised as a young lawyer, I served as a minister, I led the review into racial disparities in the justice system, I shadowed the justice secretary in opposition. This is not just another brief for me – it feels like coming home.”

Mr Lammy said that in his role, his “starting point is Magna Carta – no-one is above the law, no-one should have justice delayed, no-one should have justice denied”.

He said after the Conservatives, “prisons were bursting at 99% capacity, courts had record backlogs, rape victims waiting for years before their case came to trial, legal aid deserts right across the country”.

Mr Lammy set out three steps – to “rebuild trust”, to “modernise justice” with technology to help “less time on form-filling” and also to set up “punishment that works”.