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    Immigration 'too high', says PM as sacked Suella Braverman leads Tory revolt

    by Rachael Burford Nov 24, 2023 3 minutes
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    Migration to Britain is "too high", the Prime Minister said on Friday as his own MPs threatened a revolt over the record figures.

    Rishi Sunak said the number of people coming to the country needs to "come down to more sustainable levels" after revised data showed net migration peaked at 745,000 in the year to December 2022.

    Speaking to reporters on Friday morning, the PM said: "I'm very clear that the

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