Media Reports Archive : January 2017


ONS data reveals the true scale of UK citizens living in the EU – and the impact on Brexit negotiations

First detailed picture of the number of UK citizens living in other EU countries who are not dual-nationals.

30 Jan 2017 - Media Report: International Business Times
Dr J Meirion Thomas: ‘If the NHS needs more money, why not collect from health tourists?’

In the four years since I blew the whistle on health tourism, little has changed.

30 Jan 2017 - Media Report: The Spectator
Teacher shortages spread to computing and general science

There is a national shortage in computer science, general science and Mandarin teachers that justifies schools recruiting from abroad, the MAC said.

26 Jan 2017 - Media Report: Times Educational Supplement
Work permits ‘would cut migration by 100,000’, campaigners tell MPs

Theresa May can meet her immigration target after Brexit with a work permit system to stop low-skilled workers arriving from Europe, campaigners said.

25 Jan 2017 - Media Report: Daily Mirror
Amber Rudd rejects SNP immigration devolution calls

The home secretary has appeared to rule out the possibility of Scotland being handed powers over immigration after the UK leaves the EU.

24 Jan 2017 - Media Report: BBC News
William Hague’s proposal for issuing work permits to EU nationals is too simplistic to be effective

Unfortunately, this proposal is too simplistic to have even a remote chance of being effective.

23 Jan 2017 - Media Report: Brexit Central
Migrants’ tide may continue for two years after Britain leaves EU, says Brexit Secretary David Davis

Sky-high immigration from Europe may continue for at least two years after Britain leaves the EU in 2019, the Brexit Secretary signalled yesterday.

19 Jan 2017 - Media Report: The Sun
Immigration scam uses ‘fake lives’ in Ireland to create back door into UK

Thousands of Britons are setting up fake lives in Ireland to obtain residency in the UK for non-EU family members.

19 Jan 2017 - Media Report: The Times
'Brexit: UK to leave single market, says May'

Theresa May has said the UK 'cannot possibly' remain within the European single market, as staying in it would mean 'not leaving the EU at all'.

17 Jan 2017 - Media Report: BBC News
Work permits at heart of UK’s Brexit immigration control plan

Ministers are drawing up plans for a two-tier system of UK border controls for EU citizens .

16 Jan 2017 - Media Report: Financial Times
Passport queues 'could be longer after Brexit', airports warn

People flying to the UK could face 'severe disruption' after Brexit unless the Border Force employs more people, airports have warned.

16 Jan 2017 - Media Report: BBC News
EU doctors offered £90k to work in the UK despite government plans to make NHS less reliant on foreign doctors

Health bosses hope to recruit up to 500 doctors from overseas to solve the recruitment crisis

12 Jan 2017 - Media Report: The Sun
Britain considering £1,000-a-year levy for skilled EU workers

The government is seriously considering imposing a £1,000-a-year levy on every European Union skilled worker recruited by British employers.

11 Jan 2017 - Media Report: The Guardian
Teach migrants to put bins out, how to queue, and to be nice, says integration tsar as she says UK needs to be 'less shy' in setting out rules for arrivals

Migrants should get lessons in how to queue, when to put their rubbish out and how to ‘be nice’, the Government’s integration tsar has said.

10 Jan 2017 - Media Report: Daily Mail
'Immigration is not too high', says Jeremy Corbyn

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said he stands by his view that immigration to the UK from the EU is not too high.

10 Jan 2017 - Media Report: BBC News
Sir Vince Cable - 'Why it's time to end EU free movement'

Vince Cable makes the liberal case for immigration controls.

5 Jan 2017 - Media Report: New Statesman
Brexit will let Britain halve net migration: Major report delivers devastating verdict on post-referendum scaremongering

The cut will provide a long-term boost to wages and help ease the national housing crisis, say Cambridge University researchers.

5 Jan 2017 - Media Report: Daily Mail
British businesses are 'crying wolf' about the economic risks of slashing migrant numbers, think tank claims

A major think tank campaigning for lower immigration to Britain has accused businesses of 'crying wolf' over the the risks of curbing numbers.

4 Jan 2017 - Media Report: Daily Mail
PM to revive Tory pledge on cutting benefits for migrants

Theresa May is preparing to use Brexit to fulfil David Cameron’s manifesto promise to stop EU migrants from claiming benefits.

3 Jan 2017 - Media Report: The Times
‘End free movement NOW’ Union boss says EU migration only helps rich to hire cheap nannies

A top union figure has launched an extraordinary attack on EU free movement rules.

3 Jan 2017 - Media Report: Daily Express

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