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Politics Unpacked

Immigration special

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2015

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Tim Montgomerie is joined by Alice Thomson, Rachel Sylvester and Philip Webster. The panel discuss how the major parties are confronting the issue of immigration ahead of the general election in May. Subscribe via iTunes: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/did-you-read

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The Tories promise to cut net immigration from the hundreds of thousands to the tens of thousands,

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but the latest immigration data suggests that net immigration is running at 298,000, one of the highest levels on record.

1:16.4

Immigration is up by 54,000.

1:19.4

Theresa May insist that it would have been 400,000 net immigration without her measures.

1:25.3

But something has gone wrong with David Cameron's no ifs, no buts, pledge on this question.

1:31.8

And we're going to dedicate this edition of the Times

1:34.3

Opinion podcast to this subject of immigration because two of my guests, Alice

1:38.9

Thompson and Rachel Sylvester, both times columnists, have been investigating this issue and it's been

1:44.4

the splash on two days of the times this week on Monday and Tuesday and we're also

1:50.2

joined by Phil Webster editor of the Red Box newsletter.

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