Back in 2010, Labour’s policy chief Jon Cruddas wrote:
“We don’t have an immigration problem – we have an immigration management problem.”
I asked Miliband about this after his speech today. He didn’t say clearly whether he agreed or disagreed with Cruddas’s statement – although he implied that he agreed, saying it was impossible to separate the economy and immigration.
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