What Brits think of immigration

The parties have been talking about immigration, but what does the public think? Well, an exclusive poll for Sky News has found that across the country, 43% of people asked all that immigration has a negative impact on British society. That's compared to 35% here who say it has a positive impact. So clear difference there. And there are also clear differences between age groups. 54% of 18 to 24 year olds thinks that immigration has a positive effect. But the older you get, the lower this number comes down when you get to 60, 5 and over only 20% of those people for. Immigration is good for society and the results vary according to location. Actually, it's only in London and in Scotland that people more likely to say that immigration has a positive impact. So the lighter the colour here, the less supportive people are of immigration. You see that band here? Northern Ireland not included in this survey. But the poll also revealed deep political distrust among the public. 52% of people said they think Labour aren't telling the truth about what they really think about immigration. Not much better for the Conservatives. Only 49% here, so not a big difference saying the same thing about them. The Lib Dems doing slightly better. Maybe they spelt out better, but every region, every demographic distrusted the main two parties here on this point. The exception here, Reform UK, the only party people think are telling the truth about their views on immigration. 60% big number agreed the party was saying what it generally thought. That doesn't mean they necessarily agree the public, but they do think they're saying what they think and the people don't really trust the main two parties to follow through on their promises. People thought that immigration would increase under both a Labour, that's what they're talking about here, and under the Conservative government, whatever it is, despite believing the policies of the parties is to reduce it and finding respondents also thought that cutting immigration would have a negative impact on the NHS, on hospitality and on social care, but a positive impact here on housing and the housing crisis. So how do we take all that together? Well, the public understands that cutting immigration would hurt those very important sectors. So does it want politicians to be honest about that and cut immigration anyway? Or does it want to do the same things as the parties are doing, saying that immigration is too high, but to avoid damaging those sectors, keep it high while still complaining?