There's No Secret About Labour and Immigration

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MYTHS can be halfway around the world before truth can get its boots on. So it is with the great weekend story that in 2000 Labour ministers had "a deliberate policy" but a concealed one to "open up the UK to mass migration". Its source was a former (and good) speech writer of mine, Andrew Neather, who worked for me when I was Home Secretary. I'm glad to see that he now says that his "views have been twisted out of all recognition".

I read the original stories, and more comment on it yesterday, with incredulity, since they are the reverse of the truth. I spent my time as Home Secretary seeking better to control immigration, by new laws and more effective administration. My 1998 Immigration and Asylum Bill was not heralded by anyone as an "open door" policy, because it was the opposite. I was damned by many on the Left for my pains.

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There's No Secret About Labour and Immigration

I am, however, unapologetic about its effect. It has worked. Asylum applications, at 25,000 a year, are now a third of th...

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