BBC: David Cameron has hit back at criticism by cabinet colleague Vince Cable over his promise to cut immigration to "tens of thousands" of people a year.
The Lib Dem business secretary said the prime minister had been "very unwise" and that such a target was Conservative - not coalition government - policy.
He added that Mr Cameron's comments, made in a speech to Tory activists, "risked inflaming extremism".
But the prime minister denied this and said his words had been "measured".
Labour leader Ed Miliband said ministers had to "get a grip" on immigration and stop fighting amongst themselves.
The Conservatives' 2010 election manifesto calls for "steps to take net migration back to the levels of the 1990s - tens of thousands a year, not hundreds of thousands".
However, the coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Lib Dems pledges only an "annual limit" on people coming to the UK from outside the European Union for economic reasons, making no reference to specific numbers. » | Thursday, April 14, 2011
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