Dame Priti Patel has put out a statement insisting she "was not happy" about the levels of immigration under the previous Conservative government, after earlier defending her party's record.

Priti Patel – appointed home secretary by Boris Johnson and in charge of immigration and the visa system from 2019 to 2022, and never shy of a scrap – took the opportunity of an interview with ...

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch appears to distance herself from Priti Patel's comments on immigration. The Conservatives say it compromises UK security, while Nigel Farage says it has caused "deep ...