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Just how much does the Red Wall care about immigration?
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Just how much does the Red Wall care about immigration?

Conservatives have brandished migration fears as key to retaining Labour strongholds they won in 2019. While many voters are back to pre-Brexit positions, others say they won't vote in 2024 at all.

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Sep 18, 2024
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“I have no problem with immigration — I’ve lived all over the world and I’m all for people moving and trying to make a better life for themselves,” says Steven, a homeless man in his 60s. “But homeless people don’t seem to get the same rights as immigrants and asylum seekers in this country.”

Speaking to The Lead in Warrington, Steven says he was evicted…

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