Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch vowed to review the UK’s membership of the European Convention on Human Rights. Calling the current system “broken,” she proposed strict migration caps, transparency on costs and benefits, tougher citizenship rules, and zero tolerance for foreign criminals. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00We will not accept the claim that we can only deliver growth by accepting mass migration.
00:06We need a new approach which will mean that young people can build their lives
00:10in a country which does not have these pressures on housing and public services.
00:15And a new approach that starts by asking why government doesn't seem to be able to deliver that.
00:21The answer is because the system is broken.
00:24And until you accept that, any politician, all politicians are doomed to fail.
00:29We have to get the diagnosis right.
00:32We will review every policy, treaty and part of our legal framework,
00:37including the ECHR and the Human Rights Act.
00:40And in designing our detailed policies, we will put the following elements at the core.
00:46A strict numerical cap with visas only for those who will make a substantial and clear overall contribution.
00:54A fully transparent approach, publishing all the data so that for the first time,
00:58everyone can see the real costs and benefits of different types of migration.
01:04A reconsidered approach to citizenship and settlement,
01:07making the path to a British passport a privilege to be earned, not an automatic right.
01:14Zero tolerance for foreign criminals remaining in the UK.
01:18And, of course, an effective deterrent for illegal migration.
01:24Overall, our plans will look at all immigration routes, family, study, asylum and work,
01:30and at all ways people can enter the UK.
01:33We will look at the access of migrants and any dependence to welfare and public services.
01:38And we will need to improve the data and economic modelling that decision makers rely on.