The government spent £3.5 billion dealing with refugees in the UK in 2022 – a threefold increase on 2021, and about 12 times the amount spent in 2015.
With some lateral thinking and clever computing, genuine refugees could be sorted from economic migrants before they land in the UK.
As the world’s population soars, the jostling to reach the wealthy West will accelerate.
Post-Brexit, the Tories had to get two things right – trade and immigration. They have failed on both.
Trailing woefully in the polls, the PM fell into the same pattern as previous PMQs. 2023 will have to be different.
The British public is just about mature enough to have a sensible debate about the need for more immigration.
The Prime Minister is under pressure to act after the highest immigration figures since the second world war.
Daily Briefing: The extraordinary surge in net migration to Britain this year is explained by a unique set of circumstances.
Immigration can be slowed and it can certainly be better managed but it cannot, I repeat, be stopped.
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