'It's off the scale': PM admits he MUST bring down immigration after 906,000 added to population

Skip to comments.

Posted on 11/28/2024 10:06:50 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

Keir Starmer admitted he must bring down immigration today after shock figures showed the annual record has been smashed again.

The PM insisted Britain can no longer be a 'soft touch' after huge revisions to official data showed net inflows were 906,000 in the year to June 2023.

Arrivals in the 12 months to June this year were 728,000 higher than those leaving the country. In itself that was almost as much as the previous long-term immigration record.

But the bar has been dramatically shifted upwards by the Office for National Statistics, with net migration for the year to June 2023 now thought to have been 166,000 above the initial estimate of 740,000.

A similar revision has been made for net migration in the year to December 2023, which was initially believed to be 685,000 and is now put at 866,000, an increase of 181,000.

At a hastily-arranged press conference in No10, Sir Keir accused the Tories of using Brexit to pursue an 'open borders experiment' saying they had failed 'time and again' to get the system under control.

He said he had done a 'double take' on seeing the numbers, branding them 'far too high' and must reduce 'significantly'. 'We will get them down,' he said. 'It is off the scale what has happened in four short years.

'It is our job to turn it around and we will.'

However, Sir Keir refused to set any target - saying that had been proved not to succeed with the Conservatives having repeatedly committed to 'tens of thousands'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...

Hey! FReepers!
Help Fill The Tank!
How About It? Huh?
It Ain't Askin' Too Much
Ya Know....

Click here: to donate by Credit Card

Or here: to donate by PayPal

Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC - PO Box 9771 - Fresno, CA 93794

Thank you very much and God bless you.

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson