Rishi Sunak vowed to ‘halve migration’ and then reduce the number ‘every single year’ if the Conservatives are re-elected – as he feels the heat from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
The Prime Minister used the Conservative manifesto launch to try to make up lost ground to the right, reiterating a pledge to introduce a cap on legal migration, allowing MPs to vote in Parliament on ‘how many people should be able to come here every year’.
He also hit out at Labour over illegal migration, accusing Sir Keir Starmer of having no plan to stop the small boats crossing the Channel and vowing to get Rwanda migrant deportation flights going if he is returned to No10.
Launching the party’s manifesto at Silverstone motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire on Tuesday, Mr Sunak said migration had been ‘too high in recent years and we have a clear plan to reduce it’, adding: ‘Our plan is this: we will halve migration as we have halved inflation, and then reduce it every single year.’
He also hit out at Labour over illegal migration, accusing Sir Keir Starmer of having no plan to stop the small boats crossing the Channel and vowing to get Rwanda migrant deportation flights going if he is returned to No10.
Launching the party’s manifesto at Silverstone motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire on Tuesday, Mr Sunak said migration had been ‘too high in recent years and we have a clear plan to reduce it’, adding: ‘Our plan is this: we will halve migration as we have halved inflation, and then reduce it every single year.’
He also hit out at Labour over illegal migration, accusing Sir Keir Starmer of having no plan to stop the small boats crossing the Channel and vowing to get Rwanda migrant deportation flights going if he is returned to No10.
Launching the party’s manifesto at Silverstone motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire on Tuesday, Mr Sunak said migration had been ‘too high in recent years and we have a clear plan to reduce it’, adding: ‘Our plan is this: we will halve migration as we have halved inflation, and then reduce it every single year.’