nov 23, 2023 - Braverman Calls Migration Figures 'a Slap in the Face'

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Suella Braverman has said the pressure on public services from migration is "unsustainable", after figures estimated record levels last year.

The former home secretary said the government must "act now" to cut the numbers coming to the UK.

Net migration - the difference between the number of people coming to live in the UK and those leaving - was a record 745,000 last year, ONS figures show.

No 10 said migration was "far too high" but it was acting to bring it down.

The prime minister's official spokesman said this included clamping down on dependants of students coming to the UK and increasing visa costs.

But Mrs Braverman, who was sacked from her cabinet role last week, said the record figures were "a slap in the face to the British public who have voted to control and reduce migration at every opportunity".

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