The plan sparked a bitter row between Ms Truss and Suella Braverman, the home secretary, who eventually resigned after leaking an email about immigration policy before being reappointed by Mr Sunak. The Telegraph reported at the time that the Truss government planned to confirm that the manifesto pledge to drop immigration across the board was to be abandoned. Mr Sunak said the commitment to the manifesto would remain, after he seconded the details in a briefing with reporters. Mr Sunak initially told reporters: “On immigration more generally, I think the absolute priority that the British people have at the moment, as I do, is to tackle illegal immigration. “I vowed to keep it in the summer. And I can tell you all that I’ve spent more time working on it than anything else, except obviously the fall statement, in the last couple of weeks. “Look, I’ve been honest that there’s nothing we can do to fix this and we can’t fix it overnight. “But there are a number of things I’m working on, including the deal with France, where I’m sure we can reduce the numbers over time and that’s what I’ll be bringing.”
