The Brexit conservatives have lost control of immigration | UK politics | the New Statesman

Brexit was supposed to give the UK control over its borders, but 2022 net migration is at an all-time high. Have the conservatives lost control?

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Immigration to the UK hit a record high of 1,163,000 in 2022. Combined with emigration of 557,000, net migration to the country therefore stood at 606,000, the highest figure on record, according to the Office for National Statistics. In this video, Rachel Wearmouth and Freddie Hayward discuss the reaction to these figures from Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer in PMQs, and how Labour are already turning the news to their advantage as they prepare for the next election.

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