Theresa May at PMQs today. She said the US policy of separating children from their parents was “wrong and not something we agree with”

Theresa May has promised to challenge Donald Trump on “deeply disturbing” US immigration rules that have seen children separated from their parents and caged during his visit to the UK later this month.

The prime minister has been under growing pressure to condemn the US president’s immigration stance as controversy grows over his approach to families caught crossing Mexican border illegally.

Yesterday her spokesman said only that the UK’s policy was not to separate children from their parents and avoided direct criticism of the US policy or its president.

At PMQs today, however, Mrs May was unequivocal. “The pictures of children being held in what appear to be cages are deeply disturbing. This is wrong, this is not something that we agree with.

“This is