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Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams

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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 29 Sept 2026, 10:00 UTC. The headline in use is “Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches Every 100,000 immigrants lost to the UK costs the treasury £7bn, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
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