The UK will need to build at least 15 cities the size of Birmingham to cope with rising immigration figures, according to a new think-tank report.
Migration Watch UK suggests current levels of net migration will see the population on course to rise by nearly 16 million to 80 million by 2046.
It estimates this would result in the need to build between six and eight million more homes—equal to between 15 and 18 more cities the size of Birmingham.
The report—released on Thursday—states that if current net migration figures of 600,000 were reduced to 100,000 per year or less, the impact of the housing shortage would ease and present better opportunities for those wishing to get on the property ladder….