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A ‘lot more to do’ to tackle migration levels, says Sunak

Source: PA Wire

Rishi Sunak has said that there is a “lot more to do” to bring down net migration, after record figures saw Tory MPs pile pressure on the Prime Minister to take action.

Boris Johnson, Suella Braverman and other figures from the right of the party seized on the figures this week, urging Mr Sunak to honour a 2019 manifesto pledge to bring overall numbers down.

Net migration into the UK peaked at 745,000 in the year to December 2022, according to revised estimates

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