PM Swerves Recommitment to Lowering Legal Immigration

PM Swerves Recommitment to Lowering Legal Immigration
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with political journalists on board a government plane as he heads to Japan to attend the G7 summit in Hiroshima on May 17, 2023. PA Media
Patricia Devlin
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has swerved questions on whether or not he would recommit to his party’s pledge to bring down legal immigration levels.

Speaking to journalists as he travelled to the G7 summit in Japan, Sunak said he wants to see figures fall but repeatedly would not reaffirm the Tory manifesto pledge made under Boris Johnson that led them to a large majority.

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