Home secretary James Cleverly has defended the Conservative's pledge to cap migration if they win another term in government. It comes as Rishi Sunak promised the number of visas available to migrants would be reduced each year under a new Conservative government. "Immigration levels have been too high and we have taken action to bring them down and we are committed to continuing to do so in stark contrast to the Labour party," he said. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 If we are returned to government we have committed to a scheme to cap the level of work-related visas.
00:08 The Migration Advisory Committee will crunch the numbers to balance the economic needs of the
00:14 country against the pressure on public services and suggest to the government a level. The government
00:20 will then decide what that overall cap is and that will be validated by a vote in parliament.
00:26 Immigration levels have been too high. We have taken action to bring them down
00:30 and we are committed to continue doing so. In stark contrast with the Labour Party,
00:35 Keir Starmer has said all immigration legislation is racist, that is ridiculous.
00:41 We need to get a grip of it, we need to bring it down and we'll do so professionally and properly.