General Article Immigration cap fails to reduce numbers coming to UK

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By Ian Dunt


The immigration cap appears to have had no effect on the number of people coming to the UK, with a 20% rise over the last year.
Official figures showed net immigration jumped to 239,000, although a reduction in the number of Brits leaving the country contributed to the figures.
‘These figures reveal the gulf between the Government’s rhetoric on immigration, and the reality we see in the official figures,’ said Shabana Mahmood, shadow Home Office minister.
‘The Government is not being...

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