Our Country Cannot Sustain The Numbers – UK Party Leader Kemi Badenoch Vows To Limit Immigration

Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch has vowed to introduce stricter immigration policies as she warned that the UK ‘cannot sustain’ the current numbers.

Badenoch admitted that the past Tory governments failed to curb migration effectively but vowed to address the issue “without fear.”

“Immigration is at a pace too fast to maintain public services,” she said. “For decades, the political class has presided over mass migration… The system that replaced free movement is not working.”

The Nigerian-born British politician stressed the importance of integration, saying migrants must adopt British values.

“Without a shared national identity, our country will suffer,” she warned, criticising the strain on housing, healthcare, and wages caused by mass migration.

She pledged to review policies, treaties, and laws, emphasizing transparency and stricter visa limits.

Ms Badenoch predicted that new official figures covering the year to June, will show a reduction after measures brought in by the previous government.

But she stressed that politicians have to ‘do right’ by Brits before considering how to help others.

The Tory leader said: ‘We will review every policy, treaty and part of our legal framework, including the ECHR and the Human Rights Act. And in designing our detailed policies we will put the following elements at the core.

‘A strict numerical cap with visas only for those who will make a substantial and clear overall contribution. A fully transparent approach publishing all the data so for the first time everyone can see the real costs and benefits of different types of migration.’

The previous set of figures in May showed net long-term migration – the number of people moving to Britain minus those leaving – dropped from a record 764,000 in 2022 to 685,000 last year.

Experts said it was driven by fewer foreign students arriving as well as more people emigrating, but noted that immigration remains ‘unusually high’ and above pre-Covid levels.

Further falls are expected this year after ministers restricted the number of family members that migrants can bring to live with them.