Article PM26 Is Theresa May right about immigration?

Is Theresa May right about immigration?

by
Alberto Nardelli and George Arnett
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We check the home secretary's claims that immigration is pushing thousands out of work, undercutting wages and bringing no economic benefit to the UK

The home secretary, Theresa May, made immigration the centrepiece of her speech to the Conservative party conference, saying that the scale Britain had experienced in the last decade was not in the national interest.

May made a number of specific claims, including that:

Related: Boris Johnson: Tories believe the best about UK while 'extreme left' believe the worst - Conservative conference live

Migration into UK doesn't push up native unemployment, even among young unskilled Brits pic.twitter.com/ZooPJo3j3i

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