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    David Cameron urged to soften tone on immigration

    Conservative modernisers have urged David Cameron to tone down his harsh language on immigration and welfare because they believe it is alienating voters.

    The Bright Blue group, a cheerleader for Mr Cameron's drive to detoxify the Conservative brand, is worried that his modernising project has stalled and has called for a "more balanced" message that does not stigmatise immigrants or benefit claimants.

    The appeal to the Prime Minister comes after he rushed through curbs on EU migrants claiming benefits in Britain before Romanians and Bulgarians get the right to work in the UK on 1 January, and George Osborne signalled a further £12bn of welfare cuts after the 2015 election.

    The group warned that ministers' pledges to "clamp down on benefit tourists" would not help the Tories but would make the public think the problem was bigger than it really is. It said squeezing the welfare budget was not changing voters' attitudes and would backfire by building sympathy for the unemployed.

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