Braverman Says UK Should Not Need Immigrant Workers to Fill Labour Shortages

Home secretary also says 'white people do not exist in a special state of sin'

Home Secretary Suella Braverman speaking during the National Conservatism Conference at the Emmanuel Centre in central London on May 15, 2023. PA

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has said more needs to be done to reduce legal migration and said there was “no good reason” why Britain could not train up a home-grown workforce of lorry drivers and fruit pickers and reduce the country’s overall need for immigrant workers.

Giving a keynote speech at the National Conservatism conference in London on Monday, Braverman said, “While illegal migration is rightly our priority given the acute challenges that we face in the Channel, we must not lose sight of the importance of controlling legal migration as well.”