In February, figures showed that net migration had increased by a third to 212,000 in the last year.
The surge was partly driven by a huge increase in the number of Romanian and Bulgarian citizens coming to Britain, which jumped 166 per cent from 9,000 to 24,000 year-on-year.
The Office for National Statistics said estimates for the 12 months to the end of September revealed a net flow of 212,000 migrants to Britain, compared with 154,000 the previous year.
According to the Home Office, it wants to impose new curbs on the ICT visas over fears that they are being abused by companies.
Neil Carberry, director for employment and skills at the CBI, told The Financial Times: “We are in a pretty dangerous place if we are redesigning the tiers of the immigration system in order to meet a political target.Miss Cooper will also use her speech at the Local Government Association in Westminster to commit to proper exit checks as part of UK border policy as well as fingerprinting illegal immigrants caught at the border.
The shadow home secretary will also admit that the last Labour government “got things wrong on immigration”.