he said sort of cryptic things, migration is too high, yes, i think 700,000 were there it s too big, but today, for the first time in this campaign, he s been clear about a commitment to get the numbers down, which that is a different thing to saying i think it s too high, why? should the next general election be around that time, people like you and me will say you made a commitment in the last general election, how have you delivered against it? i also think it s significant because of the politics of it and the politics of it are pretty obvious and we should bill it out anyway. this is keir starmer, yet again, as he has every day since, though, it was a bit different at the start, he is trying to basically bash voters over the head with a message that he is moving the labour party way to the right of where it was in 2019 and 2017 general elections when their approach to immigration would ve been quite different to this. that is the message here. we can see this is the mess
it is laura in the studio. and it is henry in the studio. henry in the studio. today s big sto is henry in the studio. today s big story is keir henry in the studio. today s big story is keir starmer s - henry in the studio. today s big story is keir starmer s promise | henry in the studio. today s big i story is keir starmer s promise on migration. he has said cryptic things for a long time since he has been leader, yes, migration is too high, 700,000 people coming to the country is too big a number. but today for the first time in this campaign he has been clear about a commitment to get the numbers down, which, henry, is a different thing to say i think it is too high. why? because in five weeks per match time should he become prime minister, people like you and me also you made a commitment in the last general election, how have you delivered against it? i also think it is significant because of the politics. the politics are obvious, but we shall spell it out anyway. t
there are variations. for example, there are variations. for example, the pandemic meant that net migration figures fell, but the homes migration figures fell, but the homes for ukraine visa rightly meant that the homes for ukraine visa rightly meant that the figures increase because of the war that the figures increase because of the war in that the figures increase because of the war in ukraine. but that the figures increase because of the war in ukraine. that the figures increase because of the war in ukraine. but people would like more clarity the war in ukraine. but people would like more clarity than the war in ukraine. but people would like more clarity than just the war in ukraine. but people would like more clarity than just saying - like more clarity than just saying we will not set a number. maybe you might want to set a goal of a proportion to bring it down. the most recent figures say net migration was 685,000 people. when you say you want to bring it down, wh
net migration figures fell, but the homes for ukraine visa rightly meant that the figures increased because of the war in ukraine. but people would like more clarity than just saying, we will not set a number. maybe you might want to set a goal of a proportion to bring it down. the most recent figures say net migration was 685,000 people. when you say you want to bring it down, what do you mean? do you mean by one? by1,000, by100,000, 200,000? we want significant changes in place. what does that mean? we have seen the numbers unravel. one newscaster says, i am not entirely convinced, but i was very impressed with yvette cooper not giving a number. the conservatives have hamstrung themselves for decades by having targets and numbers and it is nice to hear an approach moving away from this and more on work, the schools gap and migration.