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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Flora Thompson

Starmer rules out ‘arbitrary’ cap to cut ‘staggeringly high’ migration levels

Downing Street said the Government would set out a ‘comprehensive plan’ to reduce migration significantly (Jordan Pettitt/PA) - (PA Wire)

The Prime Minister has ruled out setting an “arbitrary” cap to cut “staggeringly high” migration levels after the UK population was projected to grow by almost five million over the next decade.

Downing Street instead vowed the Government would set out a “comprehensive plan” to significantly reduce migration.

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