Brexit provides the perfect opportunity to crack the immigration question

The British public are clearly dissatisfied with the way our immigration system currently works. One of the main reasons that motivated people to vote for Brexit in the recent referendum is the hope that Britain could better control immigration by ending the free movement of people from the EU. For years now, immigration has been one of the issues that the public are most concerned about.

But there is hope: now, more than ever, the cynicism can be cracked. There is an exciting opportunity, thanks to Brexit and the appointment of a new Cabinet, for the Government to introduce significant reforms to our immigration system to increase public confidence in it.

What do the majority of the public want? Sensible stuff, unsurprisingly. Bright Blue’s research shows, above all, the public want a system which is well managed, where the UK can choose the people we want to admit and who will contribute to our society.