Public Misled by Tough-Sounding Talk Gordon Brown offers too little, too late on immigration Brown tries to draw the sting on immigration THE PRIME MINISTER IS NOT BEING HONEST ON IMMIGRATION BROWN IN MIGRANT VOW 10 YEARS LATE IMMIGRATION CONTROLS ARE A JOKE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: The myth of Britain's foreign sex slaves Playing party politics with immigration Gerri Peev: Gordon Brown like boxer on ropes over bruising issue and rise of the far-right Brown to get tough on student visas and foreign skilled workers Nick Griffin joins Le Pen to create new pan-European party of the far Right Labour keen to make up for Tony Blairs lost ground on immigration Gordon Brown's bold new immigration policy an aspirin to cure a pandemic Gordon Brown's immigration speech seen as first shot in election campaign A PR problem BROWN ORDERS FOREIGN VISA CLAMPDOWN BROWN'S NEW IMMIGRATION POLICY BRANDED 'HOLLOW' Brown vows immigration clampdown Growing Population Requires Debate About Additional Infrastructure Brown pledges to tighten rules on migrant workersA selection of recent media reports
Gordon Brown's first speech on immigration was a seriously missed opportunity. He, himself, said that it was an issue to be dealt with at the heart of our politics but his own contribution was remarkably feeble.
Migration Watch UK (13-Nov-2009)
Telegraph View: A country that refuses to accept incomers will, in time, become stagnant and inward-looking; it is a question of balance - and the Government got it wrong.
The Daily Telegraph (13-Nov-2009)
Spent the morning in the Thurrock constituency Labour majority 6,000. Some polls suggest this sort of majority is the real current front line in Labour-Conservative marginals.
Channel Four (13-Nov-2009)
ANYONE taking Gordon Brown s speech on immigration at face value is a fool. The Prime Minister s claim that the Government s new points-based system for economic migrants will have a major impact is...
Daily Express (13-Nov-2009)
GORDON Brown last night stood accused of leaving it too late to curb immigration. After years of Labour s open door policy, the PM finally admitted more needs to be done to stop the growing tide of...
Daily Star (13-Nov-2009)
GORDON Brown faced furious accusations of being in denial last night after claiming to have grasped the depth of public anger over Labours open-door immigration...
Daily Express (13-Nov-2009)
The overblown language was more red-top tabloid than heavyweight Government announcement. Issued by the Home Office, the press release bragged about the success of the largest-ever police crackdown on human trafficking - 'one of the worst crimes threatening our society'.
Daily Mail (13-Nov-2009)
So declared Gordon Brown yesterday, in his first speech on immigration for almost two years - a telling statistic which may help to explain why an electorate that considers the issue so important has deserted his party in...
Daily Mail (13-Nov-2009)
THE Prime Minister has been slow to react to recent immigration controversy, with reflexes like a lumbering boxer moments before he is counted out. Gordon Brown has decided to take a jab at the thorny issue of foreigners coming to Britain many months after public concern on the issue exploded, ignited.
The Scotsman (13-Nov-2009)
Portrayal of immigration concerns as racist is 'lazy elitism', says Prime...
The Independent (13-Nov-2009)
Nick Griffin allied himself firmly with Jean-Marie Le Pen, of the French National Front, yesterday to create a pan-European party and claim of about £360,000 a year in taxpayer funding for the far...
Times Online (12-Nov-2009)
The issue of immigration has been a toxic one for Labour for nearly a decade. Tony Blair is said privately to acknowledge that he missed an opportunity to tackle the problem in 2002, distracted as he was by the war in...
Times Online (12-Nov-2009)
If people ask me, do I get it? Yes, I get it. Thus Gordon Brown, unveiling his robust new immigration policy. Suddenly, Gordon is on the case, reclaiming Britain. (Diary entry: Saw off BNP threat am) Most of you will still be reeling from the sheer scope and comprehensiveness of Gordons Draconian reforms. He is proposing to conduct a review of student visas and bogus colleges, to reduce the number of occupations fully open to foreign workers and and er thats it.
Daily Telegraph (12-Nov-2009)
Prime minister's speech follows poll showing immigration is biggest issue cited by defecting...
Guardian.co.uk (12-Nov-2009)
Immigration becomes the hot political issue in a model city...
Economist (12-Nov-2009)
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has acknowledged public fears about the costs of immigration and its impact on jobs and...
Daily Express (12-Nov-2009)
GORDON BROWN'S pledge to "tighten" British immigration rules and clamp down on the number of professions which can recruit from outside Europe were branded "hollow" by the Tories...
Sunday Express (12-Nov-2009)
The government will tighten the rules on senior doctors and other workers from outside Europe taking jobs here, in a clampdown on immigration announced by embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown on...
Yahoo Uk And Ireland News (12-Nov-2009)
By Lea Pachta Reacting to the Prime Minister's comments on population and immigration today, David Frost, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: "With the population set to grow by over 10 million in the next 25 years, the focus should not simply be about migration...
freshbusinessthinking.com (12-Nov-2009)
Brown pledges to tighten rules on migrant workers Other Communities stories Police name baby found dead at home Severed alligator head gives dog-walker a shock Welfare Reform Bill set to become law Police investigate death of Lithuanian couple after bodies found at house Just the job for Coventry s...
24Dash.com (12-Nov-2009)
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