Record Migration Triggers Tory Clashes and Promises of Crackdown
• Net migration hit a record high of 745,000 in 2022, more than triple the Conservative's promise to reduce numbers • Suella Braverman attacked Rishi Sunak, saying the figures are a "slap in the face" and pushed a 5-point plan to curb migration • Jacob Rees-Mogg admitted an "embarrassing failure" to control borders post-Brexit • Sunak is planning new crackdown measures on visas and migrant workers to head off a backbench revolt • The IFS accused Chancellor Hunt of leaving the next government a "mother of a headache" with harsh impending cuts