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Braverman piles pressure on Sunak as net migration hits record 745,000

Source: PA Wire

Suella Braverman has joined Tory MPs in piling pressure on Rishi Sunak over net migration, after figures showed it hit a new record of 745,000.

The Prime Minister is facing calls to bring down net migration urgently, with the former home secretary among those warning that current levels are “unsustainable”.

Revised estimates from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) put net migration to the UK in the year to December 2022 higher than previously thought. However, the figure for the year to June 2023 is estimated to be lower, at 672,000.

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