Vince Cable calls for 'absurd' immigration limits to be lifted
VINCE Cable infuriated Tory MPs yesterday by denouncing the Home Office's attempt to limit immigration as "absurd The Business Secretary used his speech at the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow to call for border controls to be loosened to allow more newcomers to come to the UK.
And in the latest evidence of worsening relations between the two coalition parties, he accused the Tories of peddling "panic, prejudice and pessimism" on the issue.
His attack was last night understood to have irritated Tory Home Secretary Theresa May, who is seeking to reduce annual net migration to the "tens of thousands."
One Tory backbencher last night branded the Lib Dems "out of touch
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