Ms Braverman told The Spectator her party has not met previous manifesto commitments<\/span> to reduce immigration and suggested she would like to see people who have retired early return to the workforce.<\/p>\n On a trade deal with Delhi, Ms Braverman said: “I have concerns about having an open borders migration policy with India because I don’t think that’s what people voted for with Brexit.”<\/p>\n In response to a suggestion the issue is about visa flexibility and not open borders, Ms Braverman reportedly accepted there may be flexibility for students and entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n Ms Braverman, whose parents were of Indian descent and migrated to the UK in the 1960s, said: “But I do have some reservations. Look at migration in this country – the largest group of people who overstay are Indian migrants.<\/p>\n “We even reached an agreement with the Indian Government last year to encourage and facilitate better co-operation in this regard. It has not necessarily worked very well.”<\/p>\n Under Boris Johnson’s premiership, the Government said it wanted the majority of trade talks<\/span> to be concluded with India by the end of this month.<\/p>\n Ms Truss went into her first Conservative Party conference as Prime Minister hoping to celebrate her growth plan and tax-cutting agenda<\/span>.<\/p>\n But Cabinet discipline went up in smoke mid-conference as ministers openly floated their own policies against the Government’s position.<\/p>\n READ ABOUT MEGHAN MARKLE’S LEGAL MOVES OVER HARRY<\/strong><\/p>\n Ms Braverman was rebuked by Downing Street after she backed leaving the European Convention on Human Rights<\/span>, which is against official policy.<\/p>\n She went on to say it was her own personal view and acknowledged it was Government’s policy to work inside the limits of the convention.<\/p>\n This followed her winning the support of Cabinet allies for criticising the tax U-turn and accusing Michael Gove as well as other critics of Ms Truss of staging a coup<\/span> to force the climbdown.<\/p>\n A No 10 source has told The Times: “As Suella acknowledged, her personal views are contrary to Government policy and if she wishes to make those views known within Government she should do so in a more appropriate setting.”<\/p>\n DON’T MISS: Addressing immigration in general, Ms Braverman told The Spectator: “I campaigned to leave the EU because in part I wanted migration to fall.<\/p>\n “That was in our 2019 manifesto. If you look at net migration figures, they have not fallen – we’re pretty much at the same level as pre-Brexit.<\/p>\n “We’ve got the levers in place. Priti Patel<\/span> and Boris Johnson put in the points-based system… I think we should start exercising that power.”<\/p>\n The Home Secretary suggested she wanted net migration to be in the tens of thousands, but said: “Ultimately, I’m not going to put a date on when we’re going to get there. It will take some time, but we do need to get the numbers going down.”<\/p>\n She told the same publication she disputes the suggestion immigration rules should be relaxed to improve national economic performance, pointing to the number of people receiving benefits<\/span> as a potential source of extra workers.<\/p>\n Ms Braverman said: “We have a large cohort who can work, but are not working – and they’re doing that out of choice in many cases. There are people who are choosing early retirement.<\/p>\n “The number of over-fifties who are not working has considerably increased. I think that is a cohort that can be in gainful employment.<\/p>\n “We have people who are choosing to work part-time and top up their income through tax credits – a choice they’re making because they’re making more money on welfare.”<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/Suella-Braverman-India-trade-deal-1679381.jpg?r=1665090905746\")
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