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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Kemi Badenoch considering visa cap if Tories return to power

Kemi Badenoch speaking at Wednesday's press conference
Badenoch said the Conservatives had not kept their promises on immigration. Photograph: Ben Whitley/PA

Kemi Badenoch is considering a new cap on visas if the Conservatives return to power and has admitted that previous Tory governments had failed to keep their promises on immigration.

In her first policy intervention as party leader, she also said pulling out of human rights laws “may not be the most radical thing” that her future government will have to do to control the flow of people into the UK.

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