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7 March 2013

Yvette Cooper’s speech on immigration: full text

The shadow home secretary says Labour will not enter an "arms race of rhetoric on immigration" and promises "a fair, controlled system".

By Yvette Cooper

Thank you to IPPR for welcoming us today.

For too long immigration has been one of those difficult subjects politicians don’t talk about, and the public worry about.

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