We must NEVER again ignore the people on immigration, Theresa May warns in wake of Brexit and Trump's election victory

  • PM will use first Mansion House speech to warn about immigration politics
  • She will tell VIPs Brexit and Trump's election were unexpected events 
  • But politicians job is to respond to voters' demand for change, PM will say 

Voters never gave permission for immigration to change their communities and Brexit and the election of Donald Trump prove their anger, Theresa May is set to warn.

The Prime Minister will use her first Mansion House address to warn the political class must respond to public fears about immigration.

Mrs May is due to tell the audience of VIPs few would have predicted the political earthquakes that have shaken pundits in 2016. 

And she will say: 'Change is in the air. And when people demand change, it is the job of politicians to respond.'

The Prime Minister, pictured with husband Philip joining Remembrace Day commemorations outside Downing Street, will use her first Mansion House address to warn the political class must respond to public fears about immigration

The Prime Minister, pictured with husband Philip joining Remembrace Day commemorations outside Downing Street, will use her first Mansion House address to warn the political class must respond to public fears about immigration

In her speech tonight, Mrs May will make clear controlling immigration is a key demand of the electorate as she will say people have seen 'jobs being outsourced and wages undercut'.

And she will add: 'They see their communities changing around them and don't remember giving their permission for that to be the case.'

She will insist they 'respond to these concerns' and 'make these twin forces work for everyone'.

In a TV interview yesterday, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he understood the concerns about immigration but said intolerance was not the right solution.

'Blame should be put where it belongs and that is the corporate investment decisions that have done so much damage to industry all over Europe,' Mr Corbyn told the BBC's Andrew Marr.

'We also have to be aware that we have to deal with undercutting, Len McCluskey amde good points about this last week, companies that bring in wholesale migrant Labour to detroy local working agreements.

'That has got to end. That's why I have supported the Agency Workers Directive and why in the referendum campaign I put a great deal of emphasis on the posting of workers.

'Where there has been a big impact on local communities, it is local government that needs to be properly funded to meet the needs.'  

In a TV interview with Andrew Marr, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he understood the concerns about immigration but said intolerance was not the right solution

In a TV interview with Andrew Marr, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he understood the concerns about immigration but said intolerance was not the right solution

 

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