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

Live Reporting

Matthew West and Aiden James

  1. In case you missed it

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    Elsewhere, the Chancellor last night told business leaders the government would make an extra effort to boost the UK's economic productivity, seen as one of the major problems in securing the economic recovery.

    And just in case you missed it yesterday shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt, above, became the latest Labour hopeful to drop out of the party's leadership contest after he failed to secure the 35 nominations necessary to take him forward. He's thrown his support behind LIz Kendall. It means the race to become the next Labour Party leader is currently between four candidates  - the three others being shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper, and shadow international development secretary Mary Creagh. 

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  3. Good morning

    Morning folks. We've another busy day coming up today with prime minister David Cameron making a big announcement on how the government plans to tackle the continuing problem of immigration . Mr Cameron will announce tougher measures including the inclusion of a criminal offence of illegal working. The measures will form part of the government's legislative programme in the Queen's Speech. They also come as official figures are expected to show net migration to the UK rising to nearly 300,000.