Lord Green Writes In Conservative Home: Brexit And Immigration – Time For Some Clarity On Aims
Lord Green is Chairman of MigrationWatch UK. November 30, 2016 It is now abundantly clear that some opponents of Brexit are seeking to use parliamentary procedures to delay and obstruct the forthcoming negotiations in the hope that they can engineer another referendum with a different result. Indeed, the Liberal Democrat leader has virtually said as much. […]
Brexit Negotiation: Publication Of Uk Objectives
Summary 1. There is a perfectly feasible way forward on immigration which meets the main concerns of all participants, except for some relating to new arrivals of low paid migrant workers. Early publication of the UK’s objectives (but not the strategy) would help calm concerns without weakening our hand. Introduction 2. In advance of the […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on Office for Budget Responsibility’s Economic and Fiscal Outlook | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “If the main reduction in immigration is achieved by cutting out low paid immigrants from the EU, as we have proposed, there is no reason to think that there will be a significant reduction in revenue because these workers pay little or no tax.“
OBR migration ‘black hole’ is highly questionable | Migration Watch UK
The Office for Budget Responsibility assume that, were it not for Brexit, net migration would be 80,000 a year higher for each year in the five year period covered (see Chart 5.6 of the March 2016 Economic and Fiscal Outlook [EFO]). The implication is that, under this scenario there would be 400,000 more migrants in […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on today’s ONS Labour Market Statistics | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This is yet another large increase in the labour force driven by an increase in foreign workers. That increase amounts to just over a million in three years. In the last year, just over half came from the EU, including 150,000 from Eastern Europe. […]
There Are Lessons To Be Learned From The Uk’s Unsuccessful ‘renegotiation’
Daniel Korski, the former Deputy Director of David Cameron’s Policy Unit in Number 10, has published a comprehensive account of why he believes the referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU was won by those advocating our departure. See here. One particular section has garnered considerable media attention and is worthy of a few comments. In […]
Migration Watch UK Press Release – Brexit is a chance to improve wages and conditions for agricultural workers | Migration Watch UK
Brexit should be seen as a chance to improve productivity and raise wages for agricultural workers That is the finding of a briefing paper being released today by Migration Watch UK. The agricultural lobby is calling for the reinstatement of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) in the light of new proposals for work permits confined to […]
Brexit Should Be Seen As A Chance To Improve Productivity And Raise Wages For Agricultural Workers
That is the finding of a briefing paper (read the full paper here) being released today by Migration Watch UK. The agricultural lobby is calling for the reinstatement of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Scheme (SAWS) in the light of new proposals for work permits confined to skilled European Union workers to be instituted post-Brexit. In 2013, […]
Migration Watch UK press comment on Times report regarding international student migration | Migration Watch UK
Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, Chairman of Migration Watch UK said: “This seems to be a partial leak of a first analysis of the exit checks which came into force eighteen months ago. At this stage it is quite unclear what the reported figure of 1% refers to. Indeed it is impossible to draw any […]
Conservative Home – The EU and migration. Work permits are the way forward | Migration Watch UK
By Lord Green of DeddingtonFounding Chairman of Migration Watch UKConservative Home, 9th October, 2016 Brexit, we are told, means Brexit, but what does Brexit mean for immigration – a key issue in the referendum? As the dust settles after the Conservative Party Conference, it is time to reflect on the full significance of the Prime Minister’s […]