Labour needs to take back control of the immigration debate | Andy Burnham

The referendum was a vote against free movement. Now the national interest requires a balance to be found between border controls and single market accessThe usual tendency at this time of year is to say, in an optimistic way, that at least next year can’t be as bad as this one. I wish I could say that but I don’t think I can. From January, a new rabble-rousing rhetoric will be ringing out from the Oval Office, making sparks fly into powder-keg elections in France and the Netherlands