Under this Tory Government one of the great offices of state has been brought into disrepute – Diane Abbott

Diane Abbott,
Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, commenting on a letter from the UK
Statistics Authority to the Home Office, highlighting concerns over leaked  migration figures, said:

“Under
this Tory Government one of the great offices of state has been brought into
disrepute.

“Whether
it is letters being erroneously sent out to EU nationals in order to propagate
Theresa May’s risible “hostile environment”, or leaked national statistics
being used to mislead the British people about the shambles that is Tory
immigration policy, ministers face some serious questions.

“How
can the public trust a word the Tories say on immigration when they feel the
need to leak information to mask the failure of their policy?”