Red wall Tory MPs put pressure on Sunak over net migration

The pressure follows Tory anger over official figures showing long-term immigration was at a record high of 1.2 million people. Photograph: Gary E Perkin/Alamy

Rishi Sunak is facing demands from “red wall” Conservative MPs to slash the number of overseas care workers, foreign students and refugees allowed into the UK in time for the next election.

The MPs from the 2017 and 2019 intake, who call themselves the New Conservatives, have issued a 12-point plan to cut net migration to Britain from 606,000 to 226,000 before the end of 2024.