IMMIGRATION? NOT A WORRY FOR HOME SECRETARY

He said: “I do not lie awake at night worrying about a population of ­70million.” Mr Johnson, tipped as a possible successor to ­Gordon Brown, also insisted he was “happy” living in a multi-cultural ­society and called for more ­foreign workers to come to Britain. 

Sir Andrew Green, chairman of thinktank Migrationwatch, said: “The minister should be having nightmares about the impact on our schools, ­hospitals, environment and quality of life of another 10million people. Instead he has just given up.” Mr Johnson’s ­comments to the home affairs select committee were a ­seismic shift in Labour’s immigration policy and a humiliating blow to ­immigration minister Phil Woolas, who has ­promised to limit the population to below 70million.