Support for hardline anti-immigration policies linked to ignorance about migration figures, poll suggests – UK politics live

<p>Almost half of voters either strongly or somewhat support ‘admitting no more new migrants and requiring large numbers who came in recent years to leave’, says YouGov</p><p><strong>Sunder Katwala</strong>, director of British Future, a thinktank focusing on immigration and identity, has an interesting<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:refbwihhzcqqfulwhcou44sr/post/3lvnfalrcys2o"> thread on Bluesky</a> looking at the YouGov immigration polling. (See <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/05/yvette-cooper-small-boats-migrants-uk-france-home-office-uk-politics-live?page=with%3Ablock-6891dc518f08dc7a3db412ba#block-6891dc518f08dc7a3db412ba">12.25pm</a>.) He is interested in what it reveals about the extent of support for racist/extremist views. He says he is concerned that, with one of the findings suggeesting at least 10% of Britons would support the removal of migrants who have been granted British citizenship, this shows “there is very little challenge in national politics to a concerted attempt to mobilise racist concerns on immigration.”</p><p><strong>YouGov</strong> has released detailed polling on attitudes to immigration that shows a clear link between having hardline anti-immigrant views and being ignorant about the level of illegal immigration into the UK.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/aug/05/yvette-cooper-small-boats-migrants-uk-france-home-office-uk-politics-live">Continue reading...</a>