Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart

An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment

Keir Starmer's response to the 69% fall in net migration revealed in official figures last week was to remark: That's a step in the right direction."

Describing a reduction of more than two-thirds of any indicator in a single year as a step" would be a creative use of statistics, putting it kindly.