Politics latest news: Tory Rwanda rebels lack ‘courage of their own convictions’, claims Farage

The UK’s population crisis, fuelled by immigration, is “diminishing directly” the quality of life in the country, Nigel Farage has argued. 

Mr Farage told GB News that illegal migration represented “very small beer compared to legal migration” in terms of overall numbers but both must be addressed. 

“I am going to admit now, it is very small beer compared to legal migration into Britain,” he said. 

“These are arguments I’ve been making publicly for well over a decade, that we simply cannot deal with the numbers and whether that is having any hope of getting a GP appointment, any prospect of your kids or grandkids ever getting themselves onto the housing ladder, the near impossibility as Christmas approaches of driving round our motorways to go and visit family.

“Our quality of life is diminishing directly as a result of a population crisis caused by a government that frankly, isn’t concerned about the numbers. You know why? Because they’re in hock to big businesses.”