Almost half of Britons believe the UK has too much immigration, but a majority want more foreign doctors, care workers, farmers, builders and waiters.
In a YouGov poll for The Times, 46 per cent of Britons said that there was too much immigration, 18 per cent said there was too little and 19 per cent thought there was about the right amount. The poll was carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday last week, shortly before it emerged that total immigration had reached about 1.1 million in the year to June.
Opposition to current levels of immigration is starkest among Tory voters, 73 per cent of whom said it was too high, compared with 7 per cent who said it was too low. Among Labour voters,
