72 minutes ago Keir Starmer press conference LIVE: Prime Minister brands record net migration figures a 'different order of failure' as he vows to drive down numbers arriving in UK

MAILONLINE BLOG: Keir Starmer is to address the nation in response to record net migration figures at a Downing Street press conference.

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79 minutes ago UK politics live: Starmer says Tories used Brexit to run ‘open borders experiment’ in migration speech

Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that net migration has fallen by 20 per cent this year, after reaching a record high of 906,000 in 2023

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85 minutes ago Record migration figures show Tories were running ‘open borders experiment’ after Brexit, Starmer says – UK politics live

Prime minister says figures show net migration going up four times under the Tories and claims it happened ‘by design’Here is a chart from the ONS report illustrating the latest figures.Here is the PA Media story on the figures.Net migration to the UK hit a higher than previously thought record of 906,000 in the year to June 2023, revised official estimates show.The measure for the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving the country then dropped by 20% in the latest period, the 12 months to June 2024, and now stands at 728,000. Continue reading...

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95 minutes ago DAVID BARRETT: The assumption that led to this staggering underestimate of migration into UK and why it raises more worrying questions

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) dropped a bombshell into the already heated debate about migration, as it admitted its earlier figures were way, way out.

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2 hours ago Keir Starmer press conference LIVE: Prime Minister to address nation in response to record migration figures

MAILONLINE BLOG: Keir Starmer is to address the nation in response to record net migration figures at a Downing Street press conference.

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2 hours ago UK politics live: Keir Starmer gives Downing Street speech on migration after figures fall sharply

Figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that net migration has fallen by 20 per cent this year, after reaching a record high of 906,000 in 2023

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4 hours ago Tories tell British firms and farmers to use ROBOTS instead of cheap migrant workers as opposition demands cap on arrivals in the wake of record numbers

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp lashed out after new net migration figures showed an astonishing under-estimate of the crisis facing the country under the previous government.

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5 hours ago Former Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns has joined Reform UK, says Nigel Farage – UK politics live

Reform UK party leader says Jenkyns will be party’s candidate in election for mayor in LincolnshireHere is a chart from the ONS report illustrating the latest figures.Here is the PA Media story on the figures.Net migration to the UK hit a higher than previously thought record of 906,000 in the year to June 2023, revised official estimates show.The measure for the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving the country then dropped by 20% in the latest period, the 12 months to June 2024, and now stands at 728,000. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Net migration hit record high of 906,000 in year to June 2023, revised figures show

ONS says net migration is now beginning to fall but remains high by ‘historic standards’Net migration to the UK hit a record high in 2023 of 906,000 in a period covering Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak’s premierships, revised estimates show.The measure for the difference between the number of people arriving and leaving the country then dropped by 20% in the latest period, the 12 months to June 2024, and now stands at 728,000. Continue reading...

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