David Cameron was accused of an “epic fail” over his damaged pledge to slash immigration.
The previous prime minister as soon as vowed to convey internet migration – the distinction between the numbers getting into and leaving the UK – all the way down to the “tens of hundreds”.
“You had been the primary to say internet immigration numbers ought to fall beneath 100,000,” Phillips stated. “This 12 months, no matter the small boats, the determine is over 500,000.
“I believe the younger individuals now would name that an epic fail on the a part of your authorities.”
Cameron stated the federal government had introduced “very massive and clear modifications to convey down authorized migration”.
These embody strikes to forestall overseas college students bringing members of the family with them to the UK, and growing the wage threshold at which immigrants will be given a piece visa.
However Phillips advised him: “Virtually all the things you’ve tried has resulted, reasonably than a drop, however in a rise.”