David Hanson MP, Labour’s Shadow Immigration Minister, commenting on the expected publication of an immigration bill, said:

“The Tories are still failing on immigration and this Bill won’t address some of the biggest problems.

"The number of foreign criminals deported has dropped by over 13% since the election, border checks have been cut with only half as many people stopped and illegal immigration has got worse.

"Yet there seems to be nothing in the promised Bill to tackle problems at border control, which is getting increasingly shambolic, nor deal with long delays in getting electronic checks in place, or the UKBA bureaucratic failings that have prevented foreign criminals being deported.

"Nor are they tackling exploitation in the labour market which raises greatest public concern. For example the Bill is an opportunity to tackle problems such as enforcement of the minimum wage which would respond to concerns about the impact of EU migration.

"Theresa May has a history of promising big and pretending all is well, but the Government is continuing to fail on immigration policy. This Government is still failing on immigration even on its own measures, with net migration now going up again rather than being in the tens of thousands as the Prime Minister promised.”