Cable: PM risks ‘inflaming extremism’
Business secretary Vince Cable told the BBC he strongly disagreed with David Cameron:
“The reference to the tens of thousands of immigrants rather than hundreds of thousands is not part of the coalition agreement, it is Tory party policy only.”
“I do understand there is an election coming but talk of mass immigration risks inflaming the extremism to which he and I are both strongly opposed.
“Much of the remaining immigration from outside the European Union is crucial to British recovery and growth.
“That’s why the Cabinet collectively agreed to support British business and British universities by exempting overseas students and essential staff from the cap on non-EU immigration.”
