In full: Tugendhat pledges legally-binding annual cap on net migration

Tom Tugendhat has pledged to introduce a legally-binding annual cap on net migration of 100,000 if he becomes leader of the Conservative Party. The former security minister, one of six candidates in the race to replace Rishi Sunak, said high levels of population growth fuelled by immigration could not continue. Delivering a speech on public services this afternoon, Mr Tugendhat said: “The pressure on housing, on infrastructure and services is just one reason why the Conservative Party under my leadership will commit to a legally-binding annual cap on non-British annual net migration of 100,000. “We cannot sustain the hundreds of thousands it is today.” Read the latest updates here: #comservative #leader #speech