On Monday Prime Minister Keir Starmer made his big immigration speech in which he warned that without tightening rules the UK risked becoming an ‘island of strangers’. Now a new YouGov poll has revealed that 50 per cent of Brits see immigration as the top issue facing Britain – the highest level since Brexit. The pressure is on…
Today’s survey, collected between 10-12 May, shows that half of UK adults view Britain’s borders as the most important issue facing the country – up two percentage points on the previous week. Second in line is the economy, which just under one in two adults view as the most pressing problem, and in third place is health – with just over a third of Brits concerned about the NHS. Lower down on the list are issues such as welfare, tax and Europe – which only around one in ten people see as being top priorities.
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