Johnson, Farage and Gove 'shooting their mouths off' over immigrationpublished at 14:11 British Summer Time 14 June 2016
On the issue of immigration, Jeremy Corbyn used his speech to thank EU nationals working in the NHS. He said the Leave campaign has "said a lot" about immigration and about foreign nationals, and added:
Quote MessageI want to use this opportunity to say a big thank you to the doctors, nurses, physiotherapists and the many, many other skills that work in the NHS and contribute to our country and save lives. They come from all over the world. They've given us fantastic service. And we welcome them, we work with them and we're proud of what they do."
The Labour leader said there were 52,000 NHS workers from elsewhere in the EU, and added:
Quote MessageWhat's the answer Johnson, Farage and Gove have got to that? The NHS couldn't afford to lose 52,000 dedicated professionals and still deliver the service we need. They should think about these things before they shoot their mouths off in the way that they do."