{"id":858,"date":"2017-05-19T14:32:41","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=858"},"modified":"2017-05-19T14:32:41","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:32:41","slug":"would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Claims that reaching the immigration target will bring a heavy cost to the Exchequer are simply wrong. They are based on unrealistic assumptions that do not reflect the actual policies envisaged. That is the conclusion of a paper issued by Migration Watch UK today. See here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/press-release\/492\">https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/press-release\/492<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The claims are based on long term forecasts by the OBR that assume that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>each new arrival has the same economic characteristics (and thus makes the same contribution) as those of similar age in the existing population and<\/li>\n<li>any reduction in immigration would apply equally to those contributing and those who do not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is clearly not likely to be the case, especially when a major plank of the policy to reduce net migration is to curb the numbers arriving from the EU to do low skilled and low paid work.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting, Lord Green of Deddington, said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><q>This figure of \u00a36bn is not only dubious, it takes no account of how a post Brexit immigration policy would actually work in reducing immigration by low paid workers. They are of least benefit, indeed many are likely to be a cost, to the British taxpayer. What is more, no account is taken of the additional pressures on housing, health, transport and other public services which are of real concern to peoples everyday lives.<\/q><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claims that reaching the immigration target will bring a heavy cost to the Exchequer are simply wrong. They are based on unrealistic assumptions that do not reflect the actual policies envisaged. That is the conclusion of a paper issued by Migration Watch UK today. See here: https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/press-release\/492 The claims are based on long term forecasts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,13,7,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-employment","category-european-union","category-visaswork-permits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year? - Migration Watch UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year? - Migration Watch UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Claims that reaching the immigration target will bring a heavy cost to the Exchequer are simply wrong. They are based on unrealistic assumptions that do not reflect the actual policies envisaged. That is the conclusion of a paper issued by Migration Watch UK today. See here: https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/press-release\/492 The claims are based on long term forecasts [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Migration Watch UK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Migration-Watch-UK-127266704046495\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-05-19T13:32:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Migration Watch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@migrationwatch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@migrationwatch\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/19\\\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/19\\\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Migration Watch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c048c54116a6d0b625ab0fa06af243b\"},\"headline\":\"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year?\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-19T13:32:41+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/19\\\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Economics\",\"Employment\",\"European Union\",\"Visas\\\/Work Permits\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/19\\\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/19\\\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\\\/\",\"name\":\"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year? - Migration Watch UK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-19T13:32:41+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/19\\\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/19\\\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/19\\\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Migration Watch UK\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Migration Watch UK\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/mw-logo-2019.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/mw-logo-2019.png\",\"width\":309,\"height\":125,\"caption\":\"Migration Watch UK\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Migration-Watch-UK-127266704046495\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/migrationwatch\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7c048c54116a6d0b625ab0fa06af243b\",\"name\":\"Migration Watch\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\\\/news\\\/author\\\/mweditor\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year? - Migration Watch UK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year? - Migration Watch UK","og_description":"Claims that reaching the immigration target will bring a heavy cost to the Exchequer are simply wrong. They are based on unrealistic assumptions that do not reflect the actual policies envisaged. That is the conclusion of a paper issued by Migration Watch UK today. See here: https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/press-release\/492 The claims are based on long term forecasts [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/","og_site_name":"Migration Watch UK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Migration-Watch-UK-127266704046495\/","article_published_time":"2017-05-19T13:32:41+00:00","author":"Migration Watch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@migrationwatch","twitter_site":"@migrationwatch","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/"},"author":{"name":"Migration Watch","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c048c54116a6d0b625ab0fa06af243b"},"headline":"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year?","datePublished":"2017-05-19T13:32:41+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/"},"wordCount":237,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Economics","Employment","European Union","Visas\/Work Permits"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/","url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/","name":"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year? - Migration Watch UK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2017-05-19T13:32:41+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2017\/05\/19\/would-government-policy-to-reduce-net-migration-cost-the-taxpayer-6bn-a-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Would government policy to reduce net migration cost the taxpayer \u00a36bn a year?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/","name":"Migration Watch UK","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#organization","name":"Migration Watch UK","url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mw-logo-2019.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/mw-logo-2019.png","width":309,"height":125,"caption":"Migration Watch UK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Migration-Watch-UK-127266704046495\/","https:\/\/x.com\/migrationwatch"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7c048c54116a6d0b625ab0fa06af243b","name":"Migration Watch","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/author\/mweditor\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":859,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858\/revisions\/859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}