Blogs

Summary:  In the last 20 years the population of England and Wales has increased by around eight million entirely as a result of immigration. This has meant huge population shifts and churn in different areas of the UK but particularly in London, the South East and East of England, and the

Net migration for the year to June 2022 is estimated by the ONS to be 504,000 This of course is an all-time record level of net migration.  The previous record was a third of a million the year to March 2016.  To be clear, net immigration has *risen* by that amount

The government has signed a new £63 million agreement with France that will involve the UK paying for 40 per cent more French officers to patrol their own beaches, British officers stationed in French control rooms, and extra drones, night-vision goggles and other surveillance equipment. However, it provoked a backlash

New polling backs up what Migration Watch UK found in the summer—that voters want to see a reduction in immigration and the government will lose its Red Wall support if action is not taken to control borders.   A recent poll of over 2,000 voters showed that 56% believe immigration has

Despite promising cuts in immigration, the government has overseen even higher levels than under Tony Blair or Gordon Brown during their time in office.  New datafrom the 2021 Census (carried out during March of last year) shows that the number of non-UK born people who arrived in the past decade

Over the past few decades, the numbers relating to government spending only seem to rise and rise. This can be quite de-sensitising. Eventually, an exasperated taxpayer might even be forgiven for caring little for ‘just’ another £5.6 million being spent by a government department with a forgettable name. Yet that