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Rishi Sunak was under renewed pressure as projections put net migration on course to swell the UK by more than six million people by the middle of the next decade. The Prime Minister’s critics on the Conservative right urged him to act after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the population could reach nearly 74 million by 2036. Some 92% of the 6.6 million projected growth – or 6.1 million people – was attributed to migration in the research based on current and past trends. Downing Street insisted Mr Sunak wants net migration to “come down quickly” but was not backing a call from former home secretary Suella Braverman to introduce a cap on numbers. Home Secretary James Cleverly said that migration levels are “too high” and that “we must get back to sustainable levels” as he detailed a raft of new restrictions. The ONS cautioned that policy changes and the “impact of as yet unknown migrant behavioural patterns” will affect population levels. Julia Hartley-Brewer: “Extraordinary numbers - no one asked the British people if they wanted this.” Click here for more from TalkTV If you need any help visit:
