{"id":135222,"date":"2023-12-05T08:39:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T08:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finbestnews.com\/?p=135222"},"modified":"2023-12-05T08:39:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T08:39:21","slug":"suella-braverman-issues-stark-warning-over-new-migration-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/finbestnews.com\/politics\/suella-braverman-issues-stark-warning-over-new-migration-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Suella Braverman issues stark warning over new migration plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

James Cleverly outlines his migration plan<\/h3>\n

Suella Braverman warned James Cleverly’s package to slash legal migration is “too late” as she urged the Government to go further.<\/p>\n

The former home secretary said measures announced yesterday by her successor in a bid to get a grip on record net migration levels are a “step in the right director”.<\/p>\n

But she suggested the restrictions will not be enough to bring down numbers before the next general election.<\/p>\n

Mrs Braverman said: “I welcome the measures announced today to cut net migration. They are a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n

“But we need to be honest. This package is too late and the Government can go further.<\/p>\n

“If the salary threshold rise only takes effect in spring 2024, we won\u2019t realistically see its impact until the 2025 ONS numbers.<\/p>\n

“Had this been introduced a year or even six months ago, we would start to see a fall in the numbers before the next general election.<\/p>\n

“As well as these proposals, we should go further: shortening the graduate route – not just reviewing it again; and we need an annual cap, set by Parliament, across all visa routes, so we don\u2019t get into this terrible situation again and government can be properly held to account.<\/p>\n

“I put forward similar measures six times in the last year.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m glad that the PM has finally agreed to introducing some of them now but the delay has reduced their impact.”<\/p>\n

Mr Cleverly set out his five-point plan in the Commons on Monday including hiking the salary threshold for skilled workers from overseas to \u00a338,700 and stopping health and social care workers bringing dependants.<\/p>\n

Rishi Sunak has been under intense pressure from Tory MPs to take action after revised estimates from the Office for National Statistics showed net migration to the UK hit a peak of 745,000 in 2022.<\/p>\n

The Home Secretary said the measures would slash the number of people arriving in Britain by 300,000 a year.<\/p>\n

Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the strategy is “an admission of years of total failure by this Conservative Government”.<\/p>\n