Boris Johnson vows push on immigration points system

Tory leadership candidate promises to investigate ‘Australian-style’ policy

Boris Johnson has vowed he will push for introducing an immigration system modelled on a so-called Australian-style points system, resurrecting one of the key promises of the Vote Leave campaign.

In a pledge that could pave the way to abandoning the Conservatives’ net migration target, Johnson said the country needed to be more open to highly skilled immigrants and tougher on those who “abused” the UK’s “hospitality”.

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