Launching his plan to reduce illegal migration, Labour leader says closer ties with EU don’t change his stance on Brexit

With immigration a key battleground for the coming general election, there’s a fascinating study from the charity Migration Policy Scotland which finds that Scots are becoming more welcoming to migrants.

The first representative study of Scottish attitudes to migration since the independence and Brexit referendums, the research found that more people want immigration to go up than go down, with nearly four in 10 people wanting more immigration and less than a third thinking there should be a decrease.

There is no return to freedom of movement. We have left the EU.

There’s no case for going back to the EU, no case for going into the single market or customs union and no freedom of movement. I’ve been really clear that that’s the parameter.

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