Robert Jenrick did not come to his conclusions on immigration through ideology. Asked to be Immigration Minister he approached it cautiously. He formed his view that we needed to be a lot tougher from his day by day experiences.

John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con):

We eased the driver shortage by training more people at home and paying them more. Is that not the right model for the scarcity occupations?

James Cleverly (Secretary of State for the Home Office):

The UK government made the following statement yesterday:

For those interested in John Redwood's response to those writing to him about the Hamas/Israel war. Here is his reply.

Dear constituent,

Yesterday in the Common we were promised 300,000 fewer migrants in the year to spring 2024. I would prefer it if the government speeded up its changes to bring them in by the end of this year.

Thames Valley Police have launched an off-road motorcycle team in a bid to help tackle anti-social behaviour.

Our plan to deliver the biggest cut in net migration on record.

Last week, the Government delivered its Autumn Statement, rewarding hard work by cutting and simplifying taxes, and undertaking significant investment to bolster growth.

The Autumn Statement takes long-term decisions to reduce debt, cut taxes, reward hard work, and back businesses.

The main parties and most pundits agree the UK economy has been held back by a poor performance on productivity. Most want productivity up.

Dec 1

The Cabinet Office has provided the following answer to John Redwood MP's written parliamentary question (2438):

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are employed at each grade above SCS1. (2438)