Summary
Official net migration figures show net migration soared by more than 50% to 318,000 last year
641,000 moved to the UK in 2014, up from 526,000 in 2013. Biggest rise was in EU citizens moving to UK
Home Secretary Theresa May says Conservative ambition is still to get net migration below 100,000
David Cameron announces new immigration proposals including seizing wages of illegal immigrants
Leadership candidate Liz Kendall says Labour must reform public services and embrace the government's education reforms in England
Financial Times front pagepublished at 22:18 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Newsnight and Question Time soonpublished at 22.17
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Newsnight from 22:30 BST (23:00 BST in Scotland) with the latest on the Labour leadership race.
Question Time from 22:45 BST with Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, Labour deputy leadership contender Stella Creasy, Lib Dem leadership candidate Tim Farron, journalist Owen Jones and businesswoman Hilary Devey.
On Newsnight laterpublished at 22:02 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Liz Kendall to be 'change candidate'?published at 21:57 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
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Tonight's Question Time panelpublished at 21:53 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
More on the Trident debatepublished at 21.35
Image source, William McNeillyImage caption, Able Seaman McNeilly alleged there had been "serious security and safety breaches"
Former SNP leader Alex Salmond says his party has secured parliamentary time to question the government over issues raised by a Royal naval submariner about the safety of the Trident nuclear weapons system.
William McNeilly went on the run after alleging the missile programme was a "disaster waiting to happen". He later handed himself in to police.
Mr Salmond said the Ministry of Defence must provide detailed answers.
An official investigation was launched after Able Seaman McNeilly, 25, from Belfast, raised his safety concerns in an internet post.
Mistaken identity?published at 21:16 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
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MPs to debate Trident safetypublished at 21:02 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
Can David Cameron reverse the immigration trend?published at 20.58
Ross Hawkins
Political correspondent
Image source, AFP/Getty ImagesThe prospect of reducing net migration to the tens of thousands is more distant now than it was when David Cameron first entered Number 10.
Having renewed his commitment to this "ambition" in the Conservative manifesto, he must now try to reverse a trend.
The government signalled its intent with a photocall this morning at the scene of an immigration raid, publicising a law designed to hit illegal migrant workers in the pocket.
Success or failure, though, will be dictated by reducing legal migration.
Open Europe director to advise PMpublished at 20.53
Mats Persson, director of the think tank Open Europe, will serve as Mr Cameron's adviser on EU reform, Downing Street has confirmed. The Swedish chief of the pro-reform, eurosceptic think tank will work alongside the Number 10 policy unit.
Earlier, it was announced that Sunday Times journalist Camilla Cavendish will head the Downing Street policy unit.
Ms Cavendish, a contemporary of the prime minister at Oxford University, wrote recently that an opt out from freedom of movement "must be a red line" in negotiations over the UK's relationship with the European Union.
Riga summit openspublished at 20.46
'Why prolong the inevitable?'published at 20:39 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
If this information had been made public before the General Election, UKIP would have had a much bigger share of the national vote and perhaps a dozen seats in the Commons. We do not need more cheap, unskilled labour holding-down basic wages - we should leave the EU immediately (I am confident that a referendum would support exit) whilst leaving the door open to skilled/specialist workers from ALL countries via a points and security-check system. As our economy grows these numbers will continue to increase, only fools (and certain politicians) would deny this. The sooner we have a fair, free and un-spun referendum the better - why prolong the inevitable?
Paul Barrett-Brown, Powys
Miliband allies to back Burnham?published at 20.30
Image caption, Is Lord Kinnock set to back Andy Burnham?
George Eaton, political editor of the New Statesman,, external reports that Andy Burnham is expected to win the backing of two of Ed Miliband's key allies in the race to be the next Labour leader.
Former leader Neil Kinnock, who backed Mr Miliband in 2010, and Manchester MP Lucy Powell, Mr Miliband's former chief of staff, are expected to back the shadow health secretary, he writes.
Quote MessageBurnham has already won the support of Rachel Reeves, Owen Smith, Luciana Berger and Ian Lavery, who endorsed Miliband in 2010, and is in line to win the Unite nomination (as Miliband did). It is partly this crossover of support that has led some in the party to describe Burnham as a 'prettier Miliband'. But the shadow health secretary has sought to dispel this impression by rejecting the mansion tax as 'symbolism' and 'the politics of envy', and by arguing that Labour should have run a budget surplus before the financial crash."
UKIP MEP: It is a matter of numberspublished at 20.15
Channel 4UKIP immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe tells Channel 4 News that he disagrees that the issue of immigration is not a matter of numbers.
The latest figures show the number of people who came to work in the UK last year are the equivalent of a city the size of Nottingham, he adds.
Commenting earlier on the figures,, external he said Nottingham "has nearly 100 schools, 60 GP surgeries and several hospitals".
Quote MessageBritain needs to provide the equivalent just to keep up with the workers arriving and this illustrates clearly the strain mass migration is putting on our public services."
'Legal immigration is a good thing'published at 19.55
Channel 4
Barbara Roche, former MP and Labour immigration minister, tells Channel 4 News that she doesn't agree with immigration targets.
"When the British economy is doing well and growing you are going to attract people to it," says Ms Roche, who chairs all-party group Migration Matters.
"Legal immigration is a good thing," she says.
She also claims that migration "has very little effect indeed on the level of wages".
Labour's 'leadership problem'published at 19:42 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
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Liz Kendall's people 'bullish'?published at 19:37 British Summer Time 21 May 2015
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Scotland's net migration figurespublished at 19.15
In a press release, external , the Scottish government said: "Between mid-2013 and mid-2014, 33,200 people came to Scotland from overseas and 25,200 left Scotland to go overseas giving a net migration gain of 8,000, which represents about one in 700 (0.14 per cent) of the total population."
Scottish minister on migration figurespublished at 19.03
Image source, EPAImage caption, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon with Europe Minister Humza Yousaf
The Scottish government's minister for Europe, Humza Yousaf, welcomes today's migration figures.
The SNP politician said:
Quote MessageInternational migrants make important economic, social and cultural contributions to our communities and I welcome today’s figures. Migrants are an important part of Scotland’s future, both in terms of contributing to sustainable economic growth and mitigating the effects of demographic change. We work hard to attract the best international talent to Scotland and those who choose to make Scotland their home will always be welcomed."
MP's EU renegotiation hopespublished at 18.30
BBC Radio 4Conservative MP Mark Field says he hopes renegotiation of the UK's membership of the EU will have an effect on net migration.
The London MP told BBC Radio 4's PM programme:
Quote MessagePart of the difficulty of the net migration figure today, almost at a near record high at 318,000 during 2014, is that it is really an uncontrollable measure, partly because we are members of the EU. And I certainly want this country to stay in the European Union and I think that whatever renegotiation that David Cameron has in play will hopefully make some difference in this migration issue, particularly in relation to welfare - making sure that it is contributory rather than there as of right."