Net migration which reached nearly a million under them ... down by a staggering 82%.

ONS figures show net migration peaked at about 906,000 in the year ending June 2023 and fell to a provisional 171,000 in the year ending December 2025 — a reduction of roughly 81%, consistent with the '82%' cited within rounding. 'Nearly a million' is a slight rhetorical rounding-up of the ~906,000 peak.

▸ ONS — Long-term international migration, provisional, year ending December 2025

Checked Wed 1 Jul, 09:59 · Broadcast: PMQs: Prime Minister's Questions - 3 June 2026

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