Tory Right warns party not to ‘go soft’ on immigration under new leader following Suella Braverman’s departure as Home Secretary
- Former Brexit chief negotiator Lord Frost turned on Liz Truss before resignation
- Lord Frost and senior backbenchers spoke following row over migrant numbers
- Turned on Ms Truss amid claims she wanted to weaken illegal immigration rules
- No 10 declined to confirm she would stick to pledge to reduce net migration
The Conservative Right warned yesterday that the party must not go soft on immigration.
Former Brexit chief negotiator Lord Frost and senior backbenchers spoke out after Liz Truss sacked Suella Braverman on Wednesday following a row over policy on migrant numbers.
They turned on Miss Truss just hours before her resignation amid anger at suggestions that she wanted to weaken rules on illegal immigration.
A No 10 spokesman then declined to confirm that Miss Truss would stick to the Conservative Party’s manifesto pledge to reduce overall net migration.
Mrs Braverman was sacked as home secretary after a 90-minute ‘shouting match’ on Tuesday night in which she warned the then-PM it would be ‘insane’ to relax immigration rules in order to boost economic growth, sources said.
But Downing Street said she had resigned after sending a confidential document to a Tory MP in breach of the ministerial code.
The Conservative Right warned yesterday that the party must not go soft on immigration under their new leader following Suella Braverman’s (pictured) departure as Home Secretary
Former Brexit chief negotiator Lord Frost (pictured) and senior backbenchers spoke out after Liz Truss sacked Mrs Braverman on Wednesday following a row over policy on migrant numbers
The ousted home secretary used her resignation letter to accuse the PM of breaking key pledges and wobbling over manifesto commitments such as reduced migration.
Tory peer Lord Frost, writing in the Daily Telegraph yesterday, accused the Government of implementing ‘neither the programme Liz Truss originally advocated nor the 2019 manifesto’.
‘There is no shred of a mandate for this. It’s only happening because the Truss Government messed things up more badly than anyone could have imagined,’ he said.
He added: ‘If it sticks with the current approach, austerity pure and simple, budget cuts and more immigration, then it is game over.’
Conservative MPs lined up in the Commons yesterday to seek reassurance over immigration policy.
Mrs Braverman used her resignation letter to accuse the PM of breaking key pledges and wobbling over manifesto commitments such as reduced migration. Pictured: Migrants arriving at Dover last week
Scott Benton, Tory MP for Blackpool South, said: ‘I was very disappointed to see the previous home secretary leave her role.
‘She is a tremendous loss to those of us who hope that one day, just one day, this Government might finally get a grip of the small boats crisis.’
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman told reporters yesterday: ‘We have a commitment to control immigration. We recognise that, alongside that, economic stability and growing the economy are important.
‘The Government is considering how best to strike that balance and we will come forward with more detail.’
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