Suella Braverman revives Tory pledge to cut net migration to ‘tens of thousands’

Home secretary says her ultimate aspiration' was to reduce migration figure from current level of 239,000

Suella Braverman has revived a previous Conservative pledge to reduce net migration to tens of thousands of people, despite the failure of successive governments to hit the same target over a nine-year period.

The home secretary said she would aspire to cut the overall migration figure from the current level of 239,000 amid a growing clamour from party activists for the government to take control of immigration levels.