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Sajid Javid axed the 'tens of thousands' promise on immigration today as he unveiled long-delayed reforms to border rules.

The Home Secretary said there was 'no specific target' included in today's plans but he insisted it would pave the way for 'sustainable' immigration.

The Tories have promised for a decade to get immigration down to the tens of thousands but have never come to close to meeting the target. In the most recent figures, net arrivals ran at 273,000. 

As Home Secretary and Prime Minister Theresa May insisted the party should keep the promise axed by Mr Javid today. 

Before admitting the target was gone, Mr Javid already faces fury from business groups and the NHS over plans to block skilled workers who earn less than £30,000.

The policy was bitterly opposed inside Government and the dispute delayed publication of today's plans for more than a year.

Prime Minister Theresa May intervened to over rule objections from Chancellor Philip Hammond and Business Secretary Greg Clark.   

Mr Javid admitted the policy would now undergo further consultation today following the row which as late as last night almost delayed the plans again. 

EU free movement will also end meaning European workers will lose their current right to claim benefits in Britain. 

Sajid Javid wants EU immigration to Britain slashed by 80 per cent after Brexit, claims about the planned policy paper on the UK border say

Mr Javid repeatedly refused to back the tens of thousands target in a Today programme interview today.

He said the new policy would provide for 'sustainable' migration that both meets 'economic need' while not imposing 'too high a burden' on communities. 

Announcing his plans earlier, the Home Secretary said: 'We are delivering on the clear instruction to get control over our borders and will bring in a new system that works in the interest of the British people.

'It will be a single, skills-based immigration system built around the talent and expertise people can bring, rather than where they come from – maximising the benefits of immigration and demonstrating the UK is open for business.'  

Even as late as yesterday evening, it was unclear if the document would be unveiled as ministers struggled to resolve heated disagreements. As part of the blueprint: 

• Migrants must earn at least £30,000 before they are allowed to come to Britain on five-year-long visas.


• But foreign workers on lower pay could be allowed in where occupations facing shortages or if they work for tech start-ups.


• Low-skilled migrants can get 'temporary' one-year visas if they have jobs – but once the permit expires they must leave the country for at least 12 months. 


• To stop crops rotting in fields, farmers could hire low-skilled workers on seasonal visas. 


• Freedom of movement for people will end, fulfilling a manifesto commitment. 


• The controversial net migration target of 100,000 looked set to be axed – a move Mrs May resisted. Instead, levels are likely to be 'sustainable'. 

Adam Marshall British Chambers of Commerce warned against restricting the number of skilled workers able to come to the UK with income rules.

He told the BBC: 'This threshold is of huge concern, I had a call from our representative in Northern Ireland who said that a huge number of occupations would fall underneath the threshold and they won't get visas for their people.' 

Saffron Cordery, deputy CEO at NHS providers, said 'high skilled does not mean high paid' amid concern the rules will block European nurses from working in the NHS because starting salaries are far below the £30,000 threshold.

She told the Today programme: 'You have got starting salaries for nurses at £23,000 - also for paramedics, midwives. Junior doctors starting salaries at £27,000, healthcare assistants at £17,000, all coming in way below that £30,000 cap.

'It is not just health workers, it is social care as well. We have to remember where the skills lay. They lay in those staff under £30,000.'

Net immigration to Britain rose to 273,000 in the first half of 2018 despite a continued fall in arrivals from the EU according to ONS data out today (pictured). 

The Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill will crack down on welfare payments claimed by EU workers arriving after the end of December 2021.

Under current Brussels rules, EU workers arriving under free movement rules can claim the same benefits as UK citizens.

Official data from before the 2016 Brexit referendum showed that EU workers received more than £2.2billion in tax credits and housing benefits, £1.1billion in out-of-work payments and £700million in child benefit.

But non-EU nationals on visas are not allowed to claim until they been given leave to remain or settlement – typically after about five years.

EU citizens and their families who are already in Britain before the transition date will still be able to claim benefits.

 

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