Degree of power on migration

MIGRATION to the UK hit 728,000 last year - a far cry from the Tory promise to keep it down to tens of thousands.

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Every attempt at control has failed. The points-based immigration system introduced in 2021 only had the number arriving go up.

While migrant workers help to plug staffing gaps in key sectors such as the NHS and social care, the 2.2 million rise in the population so alarmed voters that it drove too many straight into the arms of Reform.