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The Liberal Democrat leader sets out to correct the idea that his party is soft on immigration with his first speech on the topic as deputy prime minister, including plans for £1,000 visa guarantees.
As Ed Miliband speaks out on immigration, our Home Affairs Correspondent Andy Davies visits a town in Wales where, according to one estimate, Polish people make up 12 per cent of the population.
Labour leader Ed Miliband admits the party made “mistakes” over immigration and says that too little is being done to integrate people who move to Britain.
Labour leader Ed Miliband admits in a speech that the previous government was wrong in allowing so many eastern europeans into the country and then ignoring public concerns over their arrival.
Immigration Minister Damian Green has claimed that tens of thousands of people who come to the UK for marriage and are eligible for benefits claim them. FactCheck tries to find them.
Theresa May wants to put Britain’s economy and safety ahead of family rights in the latest government threat to immigrants, UK residents and human rights guaranteed by law.
Stemming the flood of migration with the UK’s first “immigration cap” was a central pledge in the Conservative Party’s manifesto. They promised to cut immigration from hundreds of thousands, to tens of thousands by the next parliament. How are they doing? FactCheck investigates.
Home Secretary Theresa May tells the Conservative Party conference she will restore “sanity” to immigration, with measures including stopping the human rights act protecting foreign criminals.
Gary Gibbon
Looking at the new immigration figures it is hard to see how David Cameron is going to be able to get anywhere very near his net immigration down to 1990s levels ambition, blogs Gary Gibbon.
It’s the issue that’s threatening to split the Coalition down the middle. But does David Cameron have a hope of hitting his targets on immigration?
Gary Gibbon
Vince Cable says David Cameron’s language on immigration is “very unwise”.
Business Secretary Vince Cable has criticised David Cameron’s rhetoric on cutting immigration, saying it risks “inflaming” extremism. His words have created a rift in the Coalition, says Gary Gibbon.
As the first annual limit on non-EU migrant workers comes into force, the Home Office admits that on 2009 figures the legislation would have reduced net immigration by a mere 6,300.
A temporary immigration cap introduced by the Home Secretary this summer is ruled invalid by the High Court. Opposition politicians say the government’s immigration policy is in chaos.
The Office for Budget Responsibility report yesterday raised more questions about how effective the cap on skilled and highly skilled workers, announced by the government last week, will actually be.