RISHI Sunak will today unveil a sweeping package to slash net migration following voter uproar over the record influx.
The PM is expected to dramatically hike the salary requirement for overseas workers to £38,000 alongside further limits on them bringing family.
He has been under enormous pressure to get tough after figures showed 745,000 came to Britain last year.
Tory MPs have broken ranks to criticise their leader and Mr Sunak will be anxiously waiting for their reaction today.
The current minimum salary for foreign workers is just above £26,000.
Last month the ONS put the latest estimates for the 12 months to June 2023 at 672,000, representing a slight dip on the 745,000 figure.
A total 1.18million came to the UK during that period – mainly legally but also illegally – while 508,000 left.
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The surge was driven by non-EU migrants with 253,000 arrivals from India the largest group.
Students accounted for 39 per cent of all non-EU arrivals, with those on work-related visas making 33 per cent.
The PM’s package to grip legal migration comes ahead of a fresh deal with Rwanda to tackle illegal arrivals.
Downing Street last night hit back at criticism over plans to hand Kigali an additional £15million on top of the £140million already sent.
It says it is value for money in the long run as it would “pale in comparison” with the £8million daily cost to house small boat arrivals in hotels.
Home Secretary James Cleverly hopes to unveil a new Rwanda treaty in days after the original plan was scuppered by the Supreme Court.
But the PM is still braced for an “almighty row” with lawyers and peers to get a single migrant deported, according to The Sun’s Trevor Kavanagh.
