Cameron 'failed spectacularly' at cutting migration

Latest figures show net migration has increased, despite Tory pledge to slash numbers before general election

David Cameron
(Image credit: CARL COURT/AFP/Getty)

New figures show the level of net migration to Britain increased to 298,000 in the year to September 2014 despite a government promise to cut the number to the tens of thousands before May's general election.

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