Net migration to the UK rose to 260,000 in the year to June – 78,000 higher than the previous year. The figure is also higher than net migration in the last year Labour was in government.
David Cameron pledged to cut net migration to “tens of thousands” before next year’s election – a promise which will now be broken.
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