The ruling Conservative party announced plans on Monday for new annual caps on work and family visas to cut immigration after the ...
The ruling Conservative party announced plans on Monday for new annual caps on work and family visas to cut immigration after the opposition laid out its plans for the key election issue.
While lower than the figure in 2022, the level of net migration last year was still around three times higher than in 2019, when the Tories won the last election with a promise to slash migrant numbers. “We have taken bold action to cut the number of people coming to this country. The plan is working but migration levels are still too high, so we are going further,” Sunak said in a statement.
More than 300,000 work visas were given in the year ending March 2024, which is more than double the number granted in 2019, according to official statistics.
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