People stage a demonstration against far-right anti-immigration protests. (Photo: Anadolu) |
34% of Britons named immigration as the biggest issue, ahead of healthcare, on 30%, the economy on 29%, crime on 25%, and inflation on 20%. For 11% of those polled race relations was the top issue.
The public's concerns about immigration have increased in the wake of the rioting in UK cities this month in which anti-immigration demonstrators targeted hotels housing asylum-seekers and mosques, the pollster said.
Last week YouGov released a poll which also showed immigration topping the list of most important national issues for the first time since 2016, when concerns about immigration were a major driver of Britain's vote to leave the European Union that year.