Labour needs to silence the myths about migrants

First, a rare slice of good news for Keir Starmer. Voters are less worried about the NHS than they were.

- Andrew Grice, The Independent

The number of people citing it as one of the most important issues facing the country has dropped to 35 per cent, its lowest figure for three years, according to More in Common. Voters tell focus groups they are noticing some improvements, reflecting the four million extra NHS appointments since Labour came to power and a slight fall in waiting times in accident and emergency departments. And now the bad news for Starmer: the NHS has been overtaken as an important issue by immigration, which has risen from just over 30 per cent a year ago to 50 per cent — and is now second only to the cost of living, on 64 per cent.