Uh oh. Less than a day has passed since James Cleverly announced his new five-point immigration plan and already there are noises from the Tory right suggesting they want more. Recently-ousted home secretary Suella Braverman said last night the government ‘can go further’ and that the ‘package is too late’. It followed comments made last week by Kemi Badenoch, who said that she wanted to push for ‘much, much tougher’ immigration plans. The immigration minister Robert Jenrick agreed.
Speaking to Times Radio, Jenrick couldn’t quite say whether getting net migration to below the 2019 level would be possible before the next election. Echoing the sentiment of his former boss, Jenrick admitted that the government may need to do more in their plans to tackle migration levels. ‘If we need to go further, and we may well do, then we should and we will,’ he told presenters firmly.
When asked about Braverman’s proposal of an annual cap on immigration numbers ‘across all visa routes’, Jenrick sided with the unofficial spokesperson for the right of his party.
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