In an interview with Sky's political editor Beth Rigby, the prime minister said he was committed to reducing the figure to below 500,000 - as Tory MPs grow increasingly restless over the issue.
He declined to commit to reducing overall net migration to a specific level multiple times in the interview, but after repeated probing committed to bringing numbers below those when he took office.He added:"I'm focused on bringing down the levels of legal migration, but I am also completely focused as one of my five priorities on stopping the boats and I think that is the country's priority when it comes to migration."- a figure greater than the population of Liverpool.
"It's only in the UK where we still are wedded to a system that requires cheap labour," he continued. There are currently a million job vacancies in the British economy, with about seven million adults of working age not in jobs.the government must bring numbers down
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