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Sunak did not want to talk about reducing legal migration, says Jenrick

Source: PA Wire

Rishi Sunak does not understand the importance of curbing legal migration, a Tory former immigration minister has claimed.

Robert Jenrick said the Prime Minister “didn’t want to talk about it” when he and former home secretary Suella Braverman repeatedly tried to raise the issue – a claim contested by Downing Street sources.

Mr Sunak has been under pressure from MPs on the right of his party to

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