The Poor, the Young, the Elderly They Pay the Real Price of Immigration ; From a Former Minister, a Measured and Powerful Warning ...

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LET us rewind the cameras to before the last General Election. The parties are about to issue their manifestos. What would have been the reaction if Tony Blair had included the following passage in Labour's manifesto?

'We intend to pursue an open borders policy. We will welcome all comers from the new EU accession countries. We intend to allow unlimited access to our labour market, even if other European countries refuse to open their borders.

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The Poor, the Young, the Elderly They Pay the Real Price of Immigration ; From a Former Minister, a Measured and Powerful Warning ...

'We know that this policy will depress wages, and make it difficult for students to find holiday jobs, while ensuring that it is impossible to move one million people from incapacity benefit into work, and persuade an additional 600,000 single parents to take jobs. Yet we believe the...

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