The House of Commons erupted with laughter after Prime Minister Keir Starmer slammed Kemi Badenoch's 'terrible jokes' after another shaky week for the new leader of the opposition at PMQs.
The Tory leader attacked the premier for failing to prioritise reducing numbers in a keynote speech last week.
The exchanges came after it emerged legal migration hit a new record high of 906,000 in the year to June 2023 - although it has fallen back slightly since. 'He has relaunched yet again, many new targets, six milestones, five missions, but why was cutting immigration not a priority?' 'So she was applauding it, now she's curious about what she was campaigning for. We will drive it down. We will drive down lawful migration. We will drive down illegal migration.''I was in this House asking for a lift on skilled migration. He was there supporting all of the people who should not have been in this country,' she said.
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