Ed Miliband’s ex-policy guru teams up with Michael Gove to come up with ‘equitable’ post-Brexit immigration plan
Pair have joined forces as figures show 4 in 5 voters long for tougher UK border control
ED Miliband’s former policy guru Lord Glasman has teamed up with sacked former cabinet minister Michael Gove to hammer out a vision for a new post Brexit immigration system.
The unlikely pairing came as new polling figures shows that only one in five voters want to relax our borders in exchange for easier access to EU trade.
An ICM poll for Change Britain found that two-thirds of Brits want a fairer immigration system that treats everyone the same - regardless of where they are from in the world.
The Eurosceptic campaign group headed up by Mr Gove polled 2,035 people on their policy towards immigration after we have left the EU.
Brexit backing former Justice Secretary said: “We are calling for a fair immigration policy based on a set of principles people have told us they want.
“At its heart it needs to treat EU and non-EU migrants in the same way and to give the British people the democratic control of our borders which was impossible inside the EU.
“The referendum result gave a clear signal to Westminster that the British people wanted control over our money, our borders, our laws and our trade.”
Labour Peer Maurice Glasman added: “On 23 June the British public voted for real change.
“Many people felt frustrated that their wages had not risen in years and that they hadn’t seen the benefits of economic growth.
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“It is vital that we make our economy and society work for all communities in the UK and being able to manage migration to control its impact is critical to this.”
The pair will head up a new policy commission set up to propose a new way of controlling Britain’s borders.
Last night Mr Gove was elected onto the powerful Commons Brexit Select Committee, along with former Ministers John Whittingdale and Dominic Raab.
The 21 strong body that will oversee Britain’s withdrawal from the EU will have a 13 to eight majority of Remain supporters, despite an organised influx of Leave backing Tories.