Sensationalist Telegraph article on immigration complete rubbish… says Telegraph
A quarter of eastern Europeans pay just £1 a week net in income tax despite being in work, claimed the Telegraph. The paper has now admittted that that claim was wrong.
Immigration
There are left-wing answers to the questions posed by UKIP
Progressives shouldn’t be running scared of UKIP. There are left-wing answers to the questions posed by the party, writes James Bloodworth.
The Yvette Cooper speech showed Labour is not going to compete with the Tories to show who is toughest on immigration
Migration stories continue with Yvette Cooper providing more detail on Labour’s policy and a statistical correction from the Office for National Statistics, reports Jill Rutter.
A tale of two immigration announcements
It is a significant day for migration policy, with a government announcement on access to benefits for EU nationals and an important legal judgement on asylum support.
Economic arguments will not persuade a sceptical public about the merits of immigration
Most of the UK-born do not see immigration in terms of its economic benefits, writes Jill Rutter.
Fiscal arguments ‘of the head’ are not always the best way of defending immigration
Gabriella Jozwiak reports from the Migrant’s Rights Network event last night on young people’s attitude to immigration.
Age appears a bigger factor in immigration debate than class
Before we talk about social grade or class and the immigration debate, we must talk about age.
Migration Watch’s new Eurosceptic policy: a victory for Blue Labour
Migration Watch have come round to the Eurosceptic Blue Labour position they rejected three years ago.
Amid radical right gains, who will make the non-economic argument for immigration?
Economics are important, but it won’t do to reach exclusively for economic solutions to the radical right threat.
Event: Jonathan Portes versus David Goodhart: Have liberals got it wrong on immigration?
The event will be the first Left Foot Forward’s ‘Versus’ event – a series of head-to-head debates on contemporary issues in British politics.