TORY MPs are demanding Rishi Sunak revives a radical blueprint to cut immigration after it was binned by Liz Truss.
Our story yesterday of leaked Home Office proposals to slash arrivals below 2019 levels sparked the calls.
Tories are demanding Rishi Sunak revives a radical blueprint to cut immigration
Plans for an emergency brake on visas, raising fees and increasing salary thresholds were put before Ms Truss’s No10 but not carried through.
The document obtained by HOAR was a masterplan to wrestle net migration below the 225,000 figure as promised by Boris Johnson at the last election.
Last night, Tory MPs pressed the PM to implement the ideas drawn up in the final days of Boris’s administration.
Former minister Jonathan Gullis said: “The Prime Minister now has a smorgasbord of options to reduce migration — from the New Conservatives’ 12-point plan, to this equally ambitious blueprint.
“It needs to be taken off the shelf where it is gathering dust, and properly implemented.
“It is absolutely essential we honour our pledge — not just to tackle illegal migration — but the promise to bring down legal migration.”
The New Conservatives’ hardline backbenchers have called on Mr Sunak to be much tougher to bring down net migration, which stands at 606,000.
One Tory MP said of the leaked plans: “These could make a real difference in meeting the 2019 manifesto commitment.”
Downing Street insisted the PM has introduced the “toughest ever action” by removing the rights of some university students to bring dependants here.
