Sunak urged to ‘act now’ by Tory MPs as net migration hits record 745,000
Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Rishi Sunak is facing calls from Tory MPs to “act now” to bring down net migration, as new figures showed that it hit a new record of 745,000. Today’s extraordinary numbers mean the PM must now take immediate and massive action to do just that.” Tory MP Jonathan Gullis said the figures were “completely unacceptable” and will “rightly anger” the British people, as he called for drastic action to bring down legal migration. Mr Cleverly said the latest figure “is largely in line with our own immigration statistics” and insisted the Government “remains completely committed to reducing levels of legal migration”. Downing Street said that net migration remains “far too high” and indicated that further measures could be introduced to bring down the figures.
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