This morning the government was able to celebrate some sorely needed good news. Long-term net migration has fallen sharply to 171,000 per year, down from 331,000 this time last year. Net migration is now less than a fifth of what it was at the peak of the post-Covid immigration wave. If we discount the Covid years it is the lowest that net migration has been since 2012.

It’s a remarkable achievement whichever way you cut it, though there is still clear room for improvement. The number of people immigrating for asylum has increased slightly from 87,000 to 88,000. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also acknowledges that much of the fall in net migration has........

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