Rishi Sunak 'didn't want to talk about legal migration', claims former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick

Rishi Sunak 'didn't want to talk about legal migration', claims former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick
Georgia Pearce

By Georgia Pearce


Published: 29/03/2024

- 14:05

Former Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick has claimed that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak "didn't understand the importance" of legal migration numbers in the UK.

In a sit down interview with GB News host Patrick Christys, Jenrick revealed he "didn't feel that the Prime Minister understood the importance of legal migration to the British public".

Jenrick told GB News: "It was an issue that I have cared about for a long time. I shared that conviction with Suella Braverman, the Home Secretary at the time. She and I met the Prime Minister approximately every fortnight to talk about Home Office issues like stopping the boats, like security and policing.

"Never once did we have a conversation about legal migration because the Prime Minister didn't want to talk about it."

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW ON PATRICK CHRISTYS TONIGHT FROM 9PM, ONLY ON GB NEWS.

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