Rishi Sunak has not seen 'rejected' Home Office emergency migration brake plans, No 10 says

The prime minister's official spokesperson pointed out it was not Mr Sunak who dismissed the so-called emergency break.

Asked what Mr Sunak thought about the proposals, the official said:"I'm not sure he has seen proposals from under a previous prime minister."For his part, he looked at the issue of net migration and introduced the toughest ever action to reduce migration by removing the right for most international students to bring family members.

"We think the plan that we introduced struck the right balance between significantly reducing net migration numbers but also ensuring we can grow our economy."Sunak says 'immigration plan' is workingA Whitehall source told The Sun the emergency brake was"just sitting there gathering dust". "The Treasury had kittens about it but if ministers actually wanted to get the numbers down, here is how they could."Tories urge Sunak to cut 'destabilising' immigrationaimed at assisting the government in meeting its manifesto pledge on migration.

The New Conservatives, made up of MPs elected since the Brexit vote and backed by party deputy chair Lee Anderson, recommended ministers close temporary visa schemes for care workers and cap the number of refugees resettling in the UK at 20,000., which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enablecookies or to allow those cookies just once.

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