article_snippet: But during a radio interview it ditched the idea of reducing net migration to below 50,000, which had been backed by Ukip's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe Ukip's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe just last week.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage jettisoned the idea of reducing net migration to below 50,000, which had been backed by Ukip's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe just last week .
article_snippet: his party has attacked David Cameron for failing to meet David Cameron promise to reduce net migration to the tens of thousands.
article_snippet: At last year's party conference, Ukip's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe announced: 'Ukip commits to bringing UK net employment migration down to 50,000 people a year.'
article_snippet: But Ukip's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe today jettisoned the idea, claiming that under an Australian-style system it was 'very unlikely that we would need 50,000 people'.
article_snippet: Ukip's immigration spokesman Steven Woolfe told BBC Radio 4's programme Ukip would bring immigration levels 'back to normality', with numbers similar to those seen before 2000.
article_snippet: I don't want the emphasis from today to be what the BBC cap is; what I want the emphasis to be today is the fact that Ukip is putting forward a policy that will take immigration into Britain back to normal. '
article_snippet: the BBC intention is to bring net immigration into Britain back to 20,000 to 50,000 a year.
article_snippet: The Conservatives are to repeat the promise to limit net migration to the 'tens of thousands', despite missing it so spectacularly. '
article_snippet: Within the points based system Ukip commits to bringing UK net employment migration down to 50,000 people a year' October 23: '
article_snippet: I promised to cap migration to 50,000 a year' February 26: 'We will set a cap on the number of people permitted to work and reside in the UK by introducing a fairer, and more transparent points based system ensuring we get the skilled immigrants we need and in numbers that the economy can manage' Ukip's proposals depend on Britain leaving the European Union, and include an Australian-style points-based visa system which, it says, would ensure the right numbers of highly-skilled workers were able to enter Britain while imposing a five-year moratorium on visas for unskilled workers.
article_snippet: Despite Mr Cameron's pledge, net migration is now up to 300,000 people per year.
article_snippet: Mr Farage went on: 'Our intention is to bring net immigration into Britain back to 20,000-50,000 a year.
highlights_snippet: But Ukip leader abandons key promise to cap number of migrants at 50,000 .
  