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'Boriswave' dependants set to cost UK £35bn by 2028

Over 530,000 dependants entered the UK under the last Conservative government. By 2028 they will have cost the UK economy £35bn.

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Jan 29, 2025
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Research by the Centre for Migration Control has found that the Conservative Party’s 2021 decision to allow skilled workers to bring dependants with them will have cost the UK £34.7bn by 2028.

Using official figure from the Office for Budgetary Responsibility, the CMC has input data gathered from the Home Office via freedom of information requests to de…

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