Office for National Statistics raises previous figure by 140,000 and gives estimate for year to June of 672,000Net migration boosted the UK population by a record 745,000 in the year to December 2022, fuelled in part by a surge in overseas professionals arriving to work in the NHS and care homes and prompting a furious response from rightwing Conservatives.Amid signs No 10 might consider tightening up guidelines on what has become a totemic issue for some Tory MPs, one group of backbenchers said a failure to deliver on the manifesto pledge to reduce net migration could prove “existential” for the party. Continue reading…
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Author : Patrick Butler and Peter Walker
Publish date : 2023-11-23 13:27:06
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Net migration to UK hit record 745,000 in 2022, revised figures show
