UK general election live: Tories plan annual migration cap, but Cleverly won’t put a number on it

David Graham

12 months ago

UK general election live: Tories plan annual migration cap, but Cleverly won’t put a number on it – BBC News

Summary

The Conservatives pledge to cap the number of visas available to migrants each year if they win the election on 4 July
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) would recommend a number, which Parliament would vote on
The cap would apply to worker and family visas and not on “temporary work routes”
When pressed to put a number on an acceptable migration total, Cleverly says it would be up to the MAC
Earlier, new Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said net migration – the difference between people leaving and arriving – should be zero
Labour’s Yvette Cooper says the Tories’ announcement is “meaningless” as the party has overseen trebled net migration since the last election
Tonight at 21:00, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer will face off in the first head-to-head TV debate – we’ll be covering it all here