She did however stress that it was the freedom of movement of EU labour rather than of tourists or visitors that she was interested in restricting. There are areas where we can reduce immigration without damaging the economy.”Rudd confirmed that the 2015 Conservative manifesto commitment to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands still stands. She made quite clear that increasing Commonwealth immigration was not being considered: “There are no plans to increase immigration from Australia. Did somebody promise to increase migration from Australia? “Oh Mr Johnson again,” she said when she was told it was the foreign secretary.

Source: The Guardian October 03, 2016 07:01 UTC