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A Promise

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Initial release Belgium
Directors Patrice Leconte
Box office1 million USD
Costume design Pascaline Chavanne
Story by Stefan Zweig
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About A Promise


In the early 20th century, a love triangle forms between an ailing factory owner, his young bride and his protege.

Laura Kuenssberg: Questions politicians can't seem to answer on immigration

Laura Kuenssberg: Questions politicians can't seem to answer on immigration
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... First, understand the irony: we left the EU on A Promise that immigration would get under control because the UK could say exactly who got their passport stamped at our borders...

Labour unlikely to meet its £28bn green pledge at all

Labour unlikely to meet its £28bn green pledge at all
Nov 25,2023 12:11 am

... This is because the party s fiscal rules - which include A Promise to get debt falling within five years - are viewed as the " North Star" more important than any policy, according to the senior Labour source who spoke to the BBC...

What Geert Wilders' victory means for Dutch society

What Geert Wilders' victory means for Dutch society
Nov 24,2023 8:21 pm

... His manifesto ends with A Promise of a government that will " put the Dutch back at number one! " There is an irony attached to the fact that the pre-election favourite for prime minister may have been key to his party s electoral success...

Suella Braverman: Migration pressure is unsustainable

Suella Braverman: Migration pressure is unsustainable
Nov 23,2023 2:51 pm

... " Each of us made A Promise to the electorate...

UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000

UK net migration in 2022 revised up to record 745,000
Nov 23,2023 9:21 am

... " Each of us made A Promise to the electorate...

Awaab Ishak: Family demands 'punishment' for boy's mould death

Awaab Ishak: Family demands 'punishment' for boy's mould death
Nov 17,2023 2:41 am

... " She said after Awaab s inquest, RBH " made A Promise that we would do all that we could to ensure that no other family ever suffered such a loss"...

Focus on crime as Rishi Sunak sets out priorities in King's Speech

Focus on crime as Rishi Sunak sets out priorities in King's Speech
Nov 7,2023 1:01 pm

... The speech included A Promise to make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to purchase their freehold and to tackle the " exploitation of millions of homeowners through punitive service charges"...

King's Speech: The quirks and crowns of the King's State Opening

King's Speech: The quirks and crowns of the King's State Opening
Nov 7,2023 6:31 am

... There was a need to take " drastic action to reduce the growing inflation in our economy" and A Promise to " stimulate the building of new houses"...

Suella Braverman: Migration pressure is unsustainable

Oct 31,2023 11:01 pm

By Becky MortonPolitical reporter

Suella Braverman has said The pressure on public services from Migration is " unsustainable" after figures estimated record levels Last Year .

The former home secretary said The government must " act now" to cut The numbers coming to The UK.

Net Migration - The difference between The Number of people coming To Live in The UK and those Leaving - was a record 745,000 Last Year ,

No 10 said Migration was " far too high" But it was acting to bring it down.

The Prime Minister 's official spokesman said this included clamping down on dependants of students coming to The UK and increasing visa costs.

But Mrs Braverman, said The record figures were " a slap in The Face to The British public who have voted to control and reduce Migration at every opportunity".

She added: " The pressure on housing, The NHS, schools, wages, and community cohesion, is unsustainable. When do we say: enough is enough? "

As home secretary, Mrs Braverman said she had called for measures including an annual cap on net Migration , closing The Graduate visa route, and a cap on health and social care visas.

" Brexit gave us The tools. It's time to use them, " she added.

Other Tory MPs, including former cabinet ministers Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg and Sir Simon Clarke , have also called for more action to bring down Migration .

The New Conservatives group, which is on The Right of The Party , described The issue as " do or die" for The Party .

" Each of us made A Promise to The electorate. We don't believe that such promises can be ignored, " The Group , led by Miriam Cates , Danny Kruger and Sir John Hayes , said in a statement.

Back in 2010, Lord David Cameron, The former Tory PM who was appointed Foreign Secretary in last week's reshuffle, pledged to get net Migration below 100,000 - But The Commitment has never been met.

The Party 's 2019 manifesto also promised to bring overall numbers down, without setting a specific target, after The introduction of post-Brexit border controls.

It is understood The government is considering some new measures to cut Migration , including:

Figures published by The Office for National Statistics (ONS) earlier on Thursday revised up previous estimates for net Migration for 2022 from 606,000 to 745,000.

It cautioned its estimates could be revised again - and provisional figures to June of this year suggest The rate of net Migration may now be slowing.

Statisticians said in The year to June net Migration Fell Back to 672,000, after 1. 2 million people came To Live in The UK for at least a year, and 508,000 left.

However, The ONS said it was too early to know whether The latest falling net Migration figure was The start of a downward trend.

The vast majority (968,000) arriving were from countries outside The European Union .

Students accounted for The largest group of non-EU migrants, which was also true Last Year .

But there has been an increase in Workers arriving with visas to fill chronic staff shortages in The NHS and social care, The ONS said.

Arrivals of people via humanitarian routes have fallen from 19% to 9% over The same period, The ONS added, with most of these made up of Ukrainians and British Nationals (Overseas) arrivals from Hong Kong .

Home Secretary James Cleverly said The government remained committed to reducing levels of legal Migration , as well as eliminating abuse of The Visa system.

He Said The ONS figures did not show a " significant increase from Last Year 's figures" and pointed to " A Number of important and positive changes" affecting them.

" The biggest drivers of immigration to The UK are students and healthcare Workers - [They ] are testament to both our world-leading university sector and our ability to use our immigration system to prioritise The skills we need, " He Said .

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said " shockingly high" net Migration represented " a failure not just of immigration, But also of asylum and of The economy".

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