Tory candidate in Rochester says government's immigration policy not 'sensible'

He is widely expected to announce a crack down on migrants coming to the UK from within Europe in the coming months.

Mr Cameron today said there is "more that we need to do" to curb migration but declined to offer further details.

He is in Rochester today with several Cabinet ministers on his first of at least five visits to the by-election.

The contest was triggered by defection of Mark Reckless, the town's Tory MP, to Ukip.

Mr Reckless made a similar demand in his defection speech ten days ago, saying: "Does anyone left or right genuinely support an immigration system where we turn away the best and brightest from our Commonwealth, people with links and family here, in order to make room for unskilled immigration from southern and eastern Europe?"

Mr Reckless said seeking the immigration reform he wanted had become incompatible with membership of the Tory Party.

"I promise to cut immigration while treating people fairly and humanely. I cannot keep that promise as a Conservative. I can keep it as UKIP," he said.

Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, last weekend urged the Prime Minister to introduce such a scheme to win back Ukip voters.

However, with freedom of movement a sacrosanct principle for most in Brussels, delivering such a policy would almost certainly be impossible while remaining a member of the EU.

Mrs Firth, a former barrister and stay-at-home mother of three children, made the remarks at a hustings in Rochester last night alongside her rival, Kelly Tolhurst.

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Tory candidate in Rochester says government's immigration policy not 'sensible'

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