Labour has said it hopes to cut net migration to a “normal level” of “a couple of hundred thousand a year” if it wins the next election.
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said the party would hope to achieve that within the first term of a Labour government.
But he said the numbers would depend on the needs of the economy.
But he said the numbers would depend on the needs of the economy.
Net migration – the difference between the number of people coming to live in the UK and those leaving – was 745,000 last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, published earlier this week.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has described the figure as “shockingly high”, while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has also said immigration levels are too high and need to come down “to sustainable levels”.
Asked on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg what a reasonable level of net migration would be, Mr Jones said: “The normal level is a couple of hundred thousand a year but it depends on the needs in the economy.”
Pressed on whether this would be something Labour would hope to achieve in its first term in government, if the party wins power, Mr Jones said: “I think we probably would hope to do that, yes, but we’ve talked about a decade of national renewal.”
Labour has said it hopes to cut net migration to a “normal level” of “a couple of hundred thousand a year” if it wins the next election.
But he said the numbers would depend on the needs of the economy.
Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones said the party would hope to achieve that within the first term of a Labour government.
Net migration – the difference between the number of people coming to live in the UK and those leaving – was 745,000 last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, published earlier this week.
But he said the numbers would depend on the needs of the economy.
But he said the numbers would depend on the needs of the economy.
Net migration – the difference between the number of people coming to live in the UK and those leaving – was 745,000 last year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics, published earlier this week.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has described the figure as “shockingly high”, while Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has also said immigration levels are too high and need to come down “to sustainable levels”.
Asked on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg what a reasonable level of net migration would be, Mr Jones said: “The normal level is a couple of hundred thousand a year but it depends on the needs in the economy.”
Pressed on whether this would be something Labour would hope to achieve in its first term in government, if the party wins power, Mr Jones said: “I think we probably would hope to do that, yes, but we’ve talked about a decade of national renewal.”
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