Rishi Sunak and home secretary Suella Braverman are likely to come under fire from angry Tory MPs.
Net migration into the UK has hit a record high, official figures have revealed.
In a major embarrassment for Rishi Sunak, the Office for National Statistics show 606,000 more people entered the country than left it in 2022.
That is up from the estimated 504,000 it was at in the year to June 2022.
At the last election, the Tories promised to bring immigration down from the 226,000 it was then.
Ministers have insisted that the war in Ukraine, as well as the political upheaval in Hong Kong, has played a major part in the surge in numbers coming to Britain.
But the government’s failure to meet its 2019 manifesto promise is likely to lead to a wave of criticism from backbench Tory MPs.
Last week, the prime minister effectively dumped the election pledge by repeatedly refusing to say he stood by it.
His comments put him at odds with home secretary Suella Braverman, who earlier last week told a right-wing Conservative conference that overall immigration levels must fall.
In an attempt to tackle the issue, the government has announced a major crackdown on foreign students bringing family members to the UK.
At prime minister’s questions yesterday, Labour leader Keir Starmer said: “The prime minister stood on three Tory manifestos, each one promised to reduce immigration. Each promise broken.
“This mess on immigration reveals a Tory Party with no ambition for working people and no ambition for Britain, just the same old failed ideas – low wages and high tax.”
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Embarrassment For Rishi Sunak As Net Migration Hits Record High
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Rishi Sunak and home secretary Suella Braverman are likely to come under fire from angry Tory MPs.
Net migration into the UK has hit a record high, official figures have revealed.
In a major embarrassment for Rishi Sunak, the Office for National Statistics show 606,000 more people entered the country than left it in 2022.
That is up from the estimated 504,000 it was at in the year to June 2022.
At the last election, the Tories promised to bring immigration down from the 226,000 it was then.
Ministers have insisted........
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