MigrationWatch today continued their attempt to shift the focus of debate on migration away from people movement and towards population. The press release for a new report suggested that rising numbers of births to immigrant parents will contribute to increased demand for primary school places, costing the British taxpayer £1 billion in building costs for new schools.
Speaking exclusively to Left Foot Forward, First Secretary of State Peter Mandelson, outlined the circumstances in which the Government believes it should intervene in markets. MANDELSON: “I’m not in favour of political fixes to the economy or subsidies for businessestest
As Nigel Farage steps down as leader of UKIP, it is worth noting that as well as their prejudice on immigration and view that Enoch Powell “spoke the truth,” less known are UKIP’s equally far out views on climate change.test
Projections published by the OECD today show that the recession in the UK is likely to be longer than in other G7 countries but of average severity. Although it is of little comfort given the projected 4.7% drop in year-on-year growth for Britain in 2009 but Germany, Japan, and Italy all face worse recessions.
We might have expected those calling for drastic reductions in net migration to welcome the recent fall in net migration, particularly given the prominence they have given to concerns about population growth in recent years. Instead MigrationWatch and Shadow Immigration Minister Damian Green chose to focus on measure of gross immigration.
There are just 100 critical days until the start of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. Leading thinkers are outlining the importance of the talks but with atmospheric carbon dioxide currently at 387 ppm, we’ve yet to hear of any proposals from any developed country leader for anything like what these scientists say we need.
A coalition of over 100 individuals organised by Compass have joined a campaign calling for the establishment of a High Pay Commission. Data compiled by Left Foot Forward show that CEO remuneration packages are now 168 times the median wage.
Our guest writer is Maria Latorre, ippr The latest ippr report on re-migration argues that the unbalanced debate of migration in the UK, focusing almost entirely on inflows, has resulted in the Government feeling under pressure to continue tightening thetest
In his keynote speech at Demos titled “Progressive reform in an age of austerity,” George Osborne refused to embrace a policy of progressive taxation or set out what a progressive foreign policy under a Conservative government would mean. Osborne claimedtest
Conservative plans to increase VAT to 20%, which have not been ruled out by their HQ, would be “intently regressive.” It would mean that the poorest fifth of the population would spend a total of 13.8% of their disposable income on VAT, up 1.7 percentage points. This is more than double what the richest fifth would pay.
