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.
Immigration
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.
Migration Watch’s latest report: a ‘stark misapprehension’ and ‘simply wrong’
‘Immigrants cost Britain £3,000 a year each’, booms today’s Daily Telegraph. They are completely and utterly wrong.
Ethnic minorities better qualified than their white British counterparts
Many immigrants are increasingly more well qualified than their white British counterparts, according to a new study by the University of Manchester.
The Tory Party is no longer the party of business
Tory anti-immigration rhetoric is resulting in a backlash from business.