We don't need any more immigrants, says senior Labour adviser
One of the Government's most senior advisers today warned of the risk of
overcrowding in the South-East unless there is a reduction in
immigration.
Lord Turner launched a scathing attack on claims by ministers and
business chiefs that large-scale immigration can be justified on
economic grounds.
He accused them of using such arguments, knowing they do not stack up,
to justify an inevitable influx of newcomers and avoid a "racist
backlash".
Former CBI director general Lord Turner, who headed up the Pension
Commission set up by Gordon Brown when he was Chancellor and is now
chairman of the Committee on Climate Change, submitted his analysis to a
Lords inquiry on immigration.
Advocating a stable population as more favourable to the well-being of
people in Britain, he concludes: "The simple answer to the question 'Do
we need more immigrants and babies?' is no."
He believes welfare issues, linked to a growing population, such as
disappearing green spaces, housing shortages and transport congestion -
all affecting the South-East - will have a significantly greater impact
than the economic benefits of immigration.
But the peer is not in favour of a total clampdown on immigration, which
he believes can be partially justified on moral grounds, mainly because
it helps newcomers, especially asylum seekers.
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