A new report has suggested that Britain’s lowest paid workers are now earning less than before thanks to the rush of new migrants from Eastern Europe.
In the past six years there has been an influx of an estimated 1.5 million migrant workers from Eastern Europe following the Labour governments much criticised policy of opening British [...]

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2.8 million Unemployed in Britain

Posted on: December 30th, 2009 Posted by Beth Williams

The Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development for Britain announced yesterday that it expects the unemployment level to continue to rise next year, with a paek of 2.8 million forecasted.
While the estimates are a considerable improvement from previous forecasts which had predicted a high of 3.2 million unemployed when the economic downturn was at its [...]

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Minister claims UK ignoring white workers

Posted on: December 11th, 2009 Posted by Adam Owens

A cabinet minister has declared that Britain’s working class white people are ignored by government bodies. The claim comes from the Communities Secretary John Denham who said that authorities have become blinded to the needs of real Brits.
Denham further called upon both local and national government to address inequalities in immigration policy that applies to [...]

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A poll released last night shows the two in three UK voters feel that immigration is bad for Britain.
The survey, which looked at a range of policies regarding border control, revealed that 67 percent of voters feel that there was a negative effect on the UK from immigration. The majority of pollsters expressed concerns that [...]

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The government has announced that it will be extending restrictions on workers from Bulgaria and Romania until the allowed 2011 in order to limit the effects of the recession upon the UK.
In an announcement made Tuesday Immigration Minister Phil Woolas confirmed that it will allow close to 25,000 Romanian and Bulgarian low-skilled workers to enter [...]

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Lack of butchers and aircraft technicians in Britain

Posted on: October 21st, 2009 Posted by Andy Scott

A panel supported by the British government has spoken out amidst the ongoing immigration debate with claims that the UK should be doing more to attract foreign butchers, aircraft technicians and paediatricians.
The Migratory Advisory Committee, an independent body, today suggested that the jobs were part of a workforce which Britain itself f was unable to [...]

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British Workers Emigrating to Australia up 123%

Posted on: September 21st, 2009 Posted by Alex Braham

Thanks to the big recession that is going on in the UK, as well as in other areas of the world, it seems that British workers are now starting to look for work outside of the country and most notably Australia. New reports from Global Visas, which provides emigration and visa information for people, says [...]

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