Kemi Badenoch

We need high-skilled immigration and get rid of the low-skilled immigration. So I lobbied for that. Now people talk about it as if I was lobbying for uncontrolled immigration. But it was definitely not supposed to be like that. We brought in a system after we left the EU that should have controlled the numbers, but people gained it.

We need high-skilled immigration and get rid of the low-skilled immigration. So I lobbied for that. Now people talk about it as if I was lobbying for uncontrolled immigration. But it was definitely not supposed to be like that. We brought in a system after we left the EU that should have controlled the numbers, but people gained it.

We need high-skilled immigration and get rid of the low-skilled immigration. So I lobbied for that. Now people talk about it as if I was lobbying for uncontrolled immigration. But it was definitely not supposed to be like that. We brought in a system after we left the EU that should have controlled the numbers, but people gained it.

This is what I mean when I talk about how liberalism has been hacked. People say they're students. We think, yeah, of course we want students. Yeah, let's have some more students. Then they bring in grandparents. Oh, these are my dependents. I mean, there's extraordinary situations like that. Or, for example, when we were told we needed more care workers, Could they have a care visa scheme?

This is what I mean when I talk about how liberalism has been hacked. People say they're students. We think, yeah, of course we want students. Yeah, let's have some more students. Then they bring in grandparents. Oh, these are my dependents. I mean, there's extraordinary situations like that. Or, for example, when we were told we needed more care workers, Could they have a care visa scheme?

This is what I mean when I talk about how liberalism has been hacked. People say they're students. We think, yeah, of course we want students. Yeah, let's have some more students. Then they bring in grandparents. Oh, these are my dependents. I mean, there's extraordinary situations like that. Or, for example, when we were told we needed more care workers, Could they have a care visa scheme?

We allowed that. We were expecting 6,000. We got 250,000. And who was monitoring? It's not clear. So even I, as a minister in the government, found this shocking. Like, who was looking at this? So I gave a speech about two weeks ago where I apologized effectively for what had happened and said, this should never have happened. It happened on our watch.

We allowed that. We were expecting 6,000. We got 250,000. And who was monitoring? It's not clear. So even I, as a minister in the government, found this shocking. Like, who was looking at this? So I gave a speech about two weeks ago where I apologized effectively for what had happened and said, this should never have happened. It happened on our watch.

We allowed that. We were expecting 6,000. We got 250,000. And who was monitoring? It's not clear. So even I, as a minister in the government, found this shocking. Like, who was looking at this? So I gave a speech about two weeks ago where I apologized effectively for what had happened and said, this should never have happened. It happened on our watch.

We've got to explain to the public that we will never let this happen again. We've got to fix immigration. It is too high. And it is not working for the people who are in the country or even for the new migrants.

We've got to explain to the public that we will never let this happen again. We've got to fix immigration. It is too high. And it is not working for the people who are in the country or even for the new migrants.

We've got to explain to the public that we will never let this happen again. We've got to fix immigration. It is too high. And it is not working for the people who are in the country or even for the new migrants.

Well, remember, a lot of that migration would have been within the European Union. So we have free movement. So we couldn't control it for a very long time. But a lot of the new migration has been because even as you're trying to control the numbers. The health workers, you know, the health service says we need more doctors and nurses. The agricultural sector says we need more seasonal workers.

Well, remember, a lot of that migration would have been within the European Union. So we have free movement. So we couldn't control it for a very long time. But a lot of the new migration has been because even as you're trying to control the numbers. The health workers, you know, the health service says we need more doctors and nurses. The agricultural sector says we need more seasonal workers.

Well, remember, a lot of that migration would have been within the European Union. So we have free movement. So we couldn't control it for a very long time. But a lot of the new migration has been because even as you're trying to control the numbers. The health workers, you know, the health service says we need more doctors and nurses. The agricultural sector says we need more seasonal workers.

The big fundamental problem is that a lot of people are not going to work. A lot of Brits are not going to work and we need to get them to work. And we now have this absurd situation where migrants come in and then they stop working too because there's a benefit system. So we've got to change the incentives. We've got to change the incentives.

The big fundamental problem is that a lot of people are not going to work. A lot of Brits are not going to work and we need to get them to work. And we now have this absurd situation where migrants come in and then they stop working too because there's a benefit system. So we've got to change the incentives. We've got to change the incentives.

The big fundamental problem is that a lot of people are not going to work. A lot of Brits are not going to work and we need to get them to work. And we now have this absurd situation where migrants come in and then they stop working too because there's a benefit system. So we've got to change the incentives. We've got to change the incentives.

Something else has happened. I remember 20 years ago, conservatives were campaigning very, very visibly on immigration, saying it's not racist to talk about immigration, and we were losing. So a lot of people believe that, well, people don't like us talking about this, so let's just not talk about it. But actually, as we stopped talking about it, the problem was getting worse.

Something else has happened. I remember 20 years ago, conservatives were campaigning very, very visibly on immigration, saying it's not racist to talk about immigration, and we were losing. So a lot of people believe that, well, people don't like us talking about this, so let's just not talk about it. But actually, as we stopped talking about it, the problem was getting worse.