Britain's population surged to a record high of 68.2 million in June last year, fueled by a surge in migration. The increase was driven entirely by net migration, as deaths outpaced births for the first time.
BALLOONING migration has fuelled the fastest rise in Britain’s population for more than five decades.
Total UK residents hit 68,265,200 in June last year after an extra 662,400 people were absorbed in the previous 12 months.Runaway net migration drove the population hike entirely because the number of deaths outnumbered births for the first time.Keir Starmer pledges £4m funding for Italy to help stop small boat migrants
“It shows why we urgently need an annual cap on net migration to get them under control once and for all.”In the year to this June separate figures show a whopping 1.16million visas were dished out either for work, study or to live with family. It comes after a package of migration curbs implemented by the last Tory government, primarily to stop people bringing dependents.Cleverly's leadership bid gets major boost as Mel Stride backs himhave been clear that overall net migration does need to come down, and we should end the situation where legal migration is used as an alternative to tackling skill shortages in the UK.”
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