LABOUR would put Britain’s security at risk with “unlimited and uncontrolled”migration into Britain, Michael Gove has blasted.
The Cabinet minister laid into the leftie boss Jeremy Corbyn for his “open doors” policy that Labour passed at this year’s party conference.
He said it would put huge pressured on schools, hospitals and housing.
In an article for The Times today he said Brits would be “less safe” under Labour as they “wouldn’t put in place the controls necessary to stop criminals crossing our borders”.
Yesterday Labour’s elections chief Andrew Gwynne refused to say what immigration would look like under Labour, and if they would end freedom of movement after Brexit.
Immigration was a key pillar of the 2016 referendum vote.
It comes as:
- The PM promised to rip up human rights laws persecuting our war heroes
- He ruled out extending the transition period beyond 2020 in what was seen as an olive branch to Nigel Farage
- Labour vowed extra mental health care for kids
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“One of the principal lessons of the Brexit referendum was the desire of the British people to end freedom of movement and bring immigration under democratic control,” Mr Gove said.
“Labour is now explicitly in favour of unlimited and uncontrolled immigration.
“It would mean massive pressure on public services creating a shortage of school places, putting a huge strain on the NHS and increasing demand for housing.
“It would also mean Britons are less safe, as a Corbyn-Sturgeon alliance wouldnt put in place the controls necessary to stop criminals crossing our borders.
In 2017 Labour vowed to end freedom of movement in any Brexit deal it negotiated, but members changed it at the party’s annual conference back in September.
They voted instead to “maintain and extend free movement rights”.
Mr Corbyn says he’ll negotiate a whole new deal and put it up against Remain in a second Brexit referendum.
But he hasn’t said how he or the party would actually campaign yet, or whether it would end freedom of movement.
Today Emily Thornberry said Labour want “migration that the communities want and need” in Britain.
She admitted that “many people are having great problems getting to see a doctor or a nurse because we don’t have enough” of them.
She said the party would allow “people to come in from other countries for a short period of time” and would push for “managed migration”.
Mr Gove said that under the Tories Britain would have a points based immigration system.
“People will be able to move to the UK on the basis of what they can offer, rather than where they come from,” he said.
“That is the balanced approach people voted for in 2016 and we can deliver it swiftly, without the need for another two referendums.”
