There is great value in attracting overseas students and the graduate visa. We should not damage a valuable service boosting Britain’s international influence and earning useful revenues.
He says it’s not going to deal with the problem of small boats in the English Channel.
Spoiler alert: the Rwanda policy will not stop the boats. I know this. You know this. One hopes Rishi Sunak knows this. The truth is that even if flights take off, the crossings will continue, and get worse under Labour, whether they cancel the scheme or not.
The former Immigration Minister contends that the Government should instead require employers and universities to equip British workers.
The Prime Minister has confirmed the Rwanda scheme can be made operational within three months if the Rwanda bill is passed into law tonight.
The Prime Minister adds that there will be a “regular rhythm of multiple flights every month over the summer and beyond until the boats are stopped”.
Increasing the taxes on companies that use immigrant labour and charging migrants more for accessing the NHS would reduce low-wage migration, address one of the voters’ major concerns, and provide funding for tax cuts.
And Tomlinson, Minister since last Thursday for Illegal Migration, demonstrates fighting spirit by seeing off Cooper.
There were gleams of hope for the Government in the conciliatory tone of the first Conservative contributors to the debate.
The Prime Minister looked relieved to have appointed a Home Secretary who is not furious with him.
The joint One Nation Caucus and Tory Reform Group conference last weekend, following the recent National Conservative Conference, are pointers to the shape of a possible future.
“There is an extensive body of research that demonstrates the damaging effects on social trust and cohesion from uncontrolled migration.”
Rishi Sunak must appear reasonable enough to those MPs who are worried about our international obligations, and impatient enough to those who worry he is not sufficiently serious about tackling small boats.
Having a national broadcaster that integrates the country is increasingly difficult if that country is far more divided along lines of faith, race, politics, values, and half a dozen other qualities than it was a century ago.
There is little reason to think that doubling down on net migration is going to magically produce different results to the last 25 years.