Net migration fell to 171,000 last year, according to the Office for National Statistics. The lowest since 2021…
The number of people claiming asylum in Britain, however, ticked up to 88,000 in the same period. More Brits are estimated to have left the UK last year (246,000) than moved to the country (110,000). Migration trends were similar for citizens of “EU-plus” countries – the EU27 along with Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland – with 118,000 leaving the UK compared to 76,000 arriving. Net movement from outside the EU went the other way in 2025, with 627,000 arriving in the UK while 278,000 departed…
Tom Baldwin, author of Starmer’s hagiography, spoke to Times Radio:
Tom Baldwin: “I think he’d like to do something. He’s very dutiful and driven by service. That’s why he came into politics. I think that’s characterised his time as prime minister. He hasn’t always sought popularity or been good at being popular. But I think he has some of the necessary qualities that we actually do want in a prime minister. That resilience, that relentlessness, that ability to carry the weight and the job really does weigh very heavily on people and he carries that weight very, very well.”
Jo Coburn: “NATO Secretary-General?”
Tom Baldwin: “I think that’s something that he would be interested in. I think it probably requires Andy Burnham’s government to support him in that and these are some of the questions which Andy Burnham has to resolve quite quickly.”