UK Government responds to petition to ban Donald Trump

Stops short of taking action = The statement says that David Cameron 'completely disagrees with Donald Trump’s remarks'              

Donald Trump has refused to back down from his controversial remarks Ty Wright/Getty Images

The UK Government has responded to a petition calling for Donald Trump to be blocked from coming to Britain, after it garnered more than 500,000 signatures.

The Government said it “does not routinely comment on individual immigration and exclusion decisions” but does say “the Home Secretary has said that Donald Trump’s remarks in relation to Muslims are divisive, unhelpful and wrong.”

Stopping short of saying Trump would be banned from entering the UK, the statement said that Theresa May, the Home Secretary, "may exclude a non-European Economic Area national from the UK if she considers their presence in the UK to be non-conducive to the public good. 

"The Home Secretary has said that coming to the UK is a privilege and not a right and she will continue to use the powers available to prevent from entering the UK those who seek to harm our society and who do not share our basic values. "

The statement also makes it clear that David Cameron “completely disagrees with Donald Trump’s remarks.”