Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Tories of using Brexit to deliberately run an 'open borders experiment' in the UK.
Sir Keir Starmer has accused the Tories of using Brexit to deliberately run an 'open borders experiment' in the UK. The prime minister said the British people are 'owed an explanation' after revised figures showed net migration reached a record high of almost one million under the previous government's watch.
' The ONS's previous estimate for the year to 2023 was 740,000, which at the time was still a record amount. The stats show net migration - the difference between people coming to live in and leaving the UK - is down 20% this year from the revised high of 2023, standing at an estimated 728,000. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch yesterday admitted her party, which made repeated pledges to cut net migration by tens of thousands during their 14 years in office, had got immigration 'wrong'.
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