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UK net migration almost halves in 2024

City A.M. Thursday, 22 May 2025 ()
UK net migration almost halves in 2024Net migration was cut in half in 2024 as an extra 431,000 arrived in the UK, official data has shown, suggesting Tory-era policies have had some of their desired effects.  The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said fewer people arrived on work and study-related visas while an increase in Brits leaving the UK also reduced [...]
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News video: Home secretary welcomes fall in migration figures

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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the fall in net migration "is important and welcome” but admits the government needs to go “significantly further”. The figure stood at an estimated 431,000 in the year ending December 2024, down 49.9% from 860,000 a year earlier, the Office for National...

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