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Labour is trying to outflank the Tories on immigration
The publication of record net migration figures has put the issue back on the political front line.
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Politicians should treat high immigration as a success, not a failure
Those calling for big cuts in the number of migrants have to explain where they should fall.
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Labour’s immigration opportunity
The party should blame high immigration on Tory short-termism and corporate profiteering – and offer an alternative.
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PMQs today: Starmer hits Sunak’s immigration weak spot
The message from Labour was that the government has failed to train British workers.
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What Suella Braverman gets wrong about immigration and wages
Brexit’s prioritisation of skilled migration has increased wages at the top – if only it did the same for the…
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Why Suella Braverman is unsackable
Just what does the Home Secretary need to do to get sacked? Call for non-dom status to be scrapped? Accidentally…
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Why Britain needs to have an honest conversation about rising migration
Few things are more corrosive of public trust than pretending a problem isn’t there. Sooner or later the public notices.
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Giorgia Meloni shouldn’t be normalised
Following the Italian prime minister’s meeting with Rishi Sunak last week, too many seem willing to cast her as a…
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The UK is less racist than the left – and the right – think
New polling shows that Britain is one of the countries most comfortable with ethnic diversity and immigration.
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From nimbyism to the trans right debate, today’s politics is all about taking back control
What does it mean for our society when some people believe their word on what happens in their back yard…
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Children’s commissioner demands data on child refugees from Suella Braverman
Rachel de Souza is calling for Home Office information on children arriving on small boats, and what happens to them…
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Visa renewal fees leave migrants struggling in cost-of-living crisis
More than half of UK immigrants on the ten-year route to settlement are finding it hard to afford heating and…
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What would a “liberal” immigration system even look like?
Labour needs to shed its squeamishness around tackling the issue – the government’s fumbling is an open goal for credible…
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Robert Jenrick and the return of prison hulks
The immigration minister is reopening a dark chapter in British history.
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Would Rishi Sunak win a fight over competence?
Labour advisers fear the Conservatives have the crucial advantage of actually being able to do things.
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Suella Braverman has become the Conservatives’ biggest liability
The active glee that the Home Secretary takes in other people’s misery has shattered Rishi Sunak’s pragmatic facade.
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Rishi Sunak’s “epoch-defining” defence strategy needs to be more than a label
The Prime Minister needs to accompany rhetoric with policy, and is still under pressure on defence spending.
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The Home Office cannot be saved
It isn’t just that the Home Office has no respect for human life, as appalling as that is: it simply…
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Don’t assume that migrant-born politicians should be pro-immigration
There is little progressive about assuming that Suella Braverman and Priti Patel should take a more liberal stance than other…
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