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Home secretary welcomes fall in migration figures

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Home secretary welcomes fall in migration figures

Home secretary welcomes fall in migration figures

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 Statistics said.

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