Rishi Sunak agreed on migrant deal, Suella Braverman’s allies say

As part of an agreement with Suella Braverman to contest the Tory leadership, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to strengthen immigration regulations, according to the Telegraph newspaper.

One of the plan’s commitments is raising the minimum wage required of migrants in order for them to enter the UK. Sunak’s supporters, however, refute the notion that he made a deal with Mrs. Braverman, claiming that there was more of a general policy discussion regarding legal and illegal immigration than a specific policy proposal agreement.

Mrs. Braverman made the allegation of a deal in her scathing letter to Sunak following her dismissal as home secretary. A copy of the pact was reportedly seen by The Telegraph over the weekend, days after official figures revealed that net migration to the UK hit a record 745,000 in the previous year. Sunak has been under pressure to reduce net migration—the difference between the number of people entering the UK and those leaving—from his own Members of Parliament.