"As business secretary, even as I was trying to do things to limit immigration, we had an India FTA where they kept trying to bring in migration and I said no. "Kemi just wanted to get a deal at all costs and didn't really think that the objections that were being put forward were serious. "Kemi wanted a trophy to show post-Brexit benefits and there was a zeal to achieve it," the former minister said. There was a lot more pressure on us to do all the running, and they were quite nonchalant about doing a deal. "Kemi didn't want to do a deal that would have changed any UK immigration rules.

Source: The Times October 19, 2024 12:48 UTC