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Andrew Green said that the Government had done very well to reduce the number of immigrants coming in to the UK. “The society can’t cope with it [more immigration], we don’t need it, and we’ve got to get a hold of it. And if we allow the... Continue to article
Today’s migration statistics show a marked decline in net migration to the UK (down 34 per cent to 163,000 in the year to June 2012). Although this still leaves the Government some way off their target of reducing net migration to less than 100,000 by 2015, ministers will be pleased to be able to say that things are, in their terms, moving in the right direction. Continue to article
Chris Bryant said the Government was not delivering on immigration. "[The Government have] managed to persuade 10,000 more British people to leave the country, they've cut the number of illegal immigrants that are being stopped at our bo... Continue to article
Immigration is always a tough issue for Labour... but there’s a sense amongst some of those close to Miliband that he can go further on this issue than other party leaders. Continue to article
Today the quarterly migration statistics are out – and show that it’s falling. Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant released a statement this afternoon that argued “Labour supports strong controls... Continue to article
Labour press release Responding to the release of the Migration statistics quarterly report: Chris Bryant, Shadow Immigration Minister, said: "Net migration is falling but public concern is rising. Labour supports strong controls to ... Continue to article
Mark Harper said Britain now had a more “selective” immigration system. “They’ve basically being reflecting the policy changes we’ve made… they’ve come down by a third so we’ve been rooting out the abuse that there was in the student sec... Continue to article
Commenting on plans announced in Brussels today (Thursday) that bankers' bonuses are to be capped across Europe, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said: "For all their tough talk on bonuses, the Prime Minister and the Mayor of London... Continue to article
IPPR press release New statistics, released today by the Office for National Statistics, show that net migration (the difference between immigration and emigration) to the UK has fallen to 163,000 in the year ending June 2012, compared t... Continue to article
UCU press release MPs’ fury over government ignoring expert advice on immigration Damning report says government failed to take account of recent developments, must think again and change course An influential group of MPs has toda... Continue to article
No. of overseas students fell by more than 40 000 & those coming from new EU states down more than 20 000 to 62 000, lowest since 2004
Net migration has fallen by more than a third to 163,000 in the year to June 2012, the Office for National Statistics has said. Continue to article
28/02/2013
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