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6 months agoUK politics
Tory plan to cut net legal immigration is more drastic than most MPs expected
James Cleverly, the new home secretary, has surprised MPs by enacting a major clampdown on legal migration, which goes against his previous stance on controlling immigration.
The new measures overturn the post-Brexit migration system, leading to a rise in net migration to the highest ever recorded. [ more ]