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The Prime Minister's White Paper foreward
In 2023, under the previous government, inward
migration exploded to over a million people a year –
four times the level compared with 2019. This was a
political choice that was never put before the British
people. In fact, quite the opposite – the previous
government repeatedly promised inward migration
would be brought under control. Instead, Britain
became a one-nation experiment in open borders.
[Highlighted text] The damage this has done to our country is incalculable. Public services and housing access have been placed under too much pressure. Our economy has been distorted
by perverse incentives to import workers rather than invest in our own skills. [End highlighted text]
In sectors like engineering, for example, apprenticeships have almost halved while visas doubled.
But arguably even worse is the wound this failure has opened when it comes to trust in politics. It is a wound, as I said on my first day as Prime Minister, that can only be healed by actions not words. This White Paper is just that.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yt3274awg5hydgwduusgi4nq/bafkreih6yn3ipb3wvgxcii464rhfrrz222syskhcibcdzhots445b4fba4)
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