The amount of Britons who think migration to the UK is too high has reached record levels, a damning new poll has found.
Analysis by pollsters at YouGov has revealed that 71 per cent of Britons now think too many people are arriving in the UK - the highest percentage since its records began in July 2019.
The data also shows that 63 per cent of Labour voters now think immigration is too high - also the largest percentage on record.
And voters for Sir Keir Starmer's party appear not to be alone. The groups which have voiced fears at record levels include 25-64-year-olds, men, women, Conservative voters, Remain voters, and Britons from every region of the UK except Scotland and the North of England - which still poll at 68 and 69 per cent, respectively.
The only group which didn't show majority support for the view that migration is too high was 18-24-year-olds, at 44 per cent.
The data has sparked calls for Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to act - led by Migration Watch UK chairman Alp Mehmet.
He told GB News: "Public concern about immigration is longstanding, and has now reverted to the levels we saw before the electorate were fooled into believing it was going to be controlled and reduced.
"We warned that was never going to happen with the ridiculously lax immigration system introduced after Brexit.
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"We also warned that failure to control immigration and reduce immigration would further erode trust in politicians and our political system.
"It gives me no satisfaction to say we were right.
"Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper would do well to regard this poll as another red flag and get a grip of both legal and illegal immigration."
Migration under the former Conservative Government has been the subject of attacks from Starmer himself - he has accused the Tories of running "a one-nation experiment in open borders" and has claimed cutting migration "will only be done with a serious plan".
Setting out his five 'milestones' in Labour's "Plan for Change" at the end of November, Starmer warned: "This happened by design, not accident.
"Policies were reformed deliberately to liberalise immigration.
"Brexit was used for that purpose… to turn Britain into a one-nation experiment in open borders. Global Britain - remember that slogan… That is what they meant."
While the Home Office's line is the same - Seema Malhotra, Minister for Migration and Citizenship, said: "Net migration quadrupled in the past five years and we have been clear that we will get the numbers down and restore order to our broken immigration system as part of our Plan for Change."
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Analysis by pollsters at YouGov has revealed that 71 per cent of Britons now think too many people are arriving in the UK - the highest percentage since its records began in July 2019.
The data also shows that 63 per cent of Labour voters now think immigration is too high - also the largest percentage on record.
And voters for Sir Keir Starmer's party appear not to be alone. The groups which have voiced fears at record levels include 25-64-year-olds, men, women, Conservative voters, Remain voters, and Britons from every region of the UK except Scotland and the North of England - which still poll at 68 and 69 per cent, respectively.
The only group which didn't show majority support for the view that migration is too high was 18-24-year-olds, at 44 per cent.
The data has sparked calls for Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to act - led by Migration Watch UK chairman Alp Mehmet.
He told GB News: "Public concern about immigration is longstanding, and has now reverted to the levels we saw before the electorate were fooled into believing it was going to be controlled and reduced.
"We warned that was never going to happen with the ridiculously lax immigration system introduced after Brexit.
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"We also warned that failure to control immigration and reduce immigration would further erode trust in politicians and our political system.
"It gives me no satisfaction to say we were right.
"Sir Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper would do well to regard this poll as another red flag and get a grip of both legal and illegal immigration."
Migration under the former Conservative Government has been the subject of attacks from Starmer himself - he has accused the Tories of running "a one-nation experiment in open borders" and has claimed cutting migration "will only be done with a serious plan".
Setting out his five 'milestones' in Labour's "Plan for Change" at the end of November, Starmer warned: "This happened by design, not accident.
"Policies were reformed deliberately to liberalise immigration.
"Brexit was used for that purpose… to turn Britain into a one-nation experiment in open borders. Global Britain - remember that slogan… That is what they meant."
While the Home Office's line is the same - Seema Malhotra, Minister for Migration and Citizenship, said: "Net migration quadrupled in the past five years and we have been clear that we will get the numbers down and restore order to our broken immigration system as part of our Plan for Change."
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