Wednesday, 7 April 2010

A selection of recent media reports

NHS is single most important issue for Londoners, suggests BBC London poll
The NHS is the single most important issue for Londoners going into the General Election, suggests a poll carried out for BBC London. The 1,507 Londoners surveyed by ComRes also said immigration was the least most important major...
BBC - Press Office (06-Apr-2010)

Skilled migrant workers could be put off coming to UK under immigration changes
Skilled migrant workers could be put off coming to work in the UK following further changes to the points-based immigration system. Tier 2 migrants seeking to transfer between countries and work at their company's British offices will no longer be able to clock up time in the UK to contribute towards.
Personneltoday.com (06-Apr-2010)

Marginal seats 'rich pickings' in East Midlands
"So where exactly is the East Midlands?" a bemused, high-profile Labour MP asked me at...
BBC News Nottinghamshire (06-Apr-2010)

Migrants living rough in 'shanty towns and woods' told to find work or be sent home
Homeless migrants living rough will be told to find work or leave the country. A UK Border Agency (UKBA) trial operation started today aimed at reducing the numbers of Eastern European migrants living rough in camps, often in the countryside or...
Mail Online (06-Apr-2010)

Merseyside general election battle under way
Labour faces a sustained challenge in Merseyside, traditionally one of its strongholds, as the general election campaign gets under...
BBC News Liverpool (06-Apr-2010)

SAGA SPEAKS TO GORDON BROWN
PAUL LEWIS: Hello. In the next few weeks we will all have to decide who to vote for in the General Election, and the leaders of the three biggest parties in Parliament have agreed to talk to Saga about their...
Saga (06-Apr-2010)

FURY AT MIGRANT INVASION OF BRITAIN
MIGRANTS are flocking to Britain at a rate of one a minute, according to shock new figures. Official statistics show more than 518,000 people moved to the UK last year an average of more than 1,400 every...
Daily Star (06-Apr-2010)

PM will call election today
KNACKERED Gordon Brown will today call a General Election for May 6 - with David Cameron's Tories sprinting ahead in the race for...
Online Sun (06-Apr-2010)

The multicultural Christian right
Andrew Brown: The launch of a Christian programme for the general election and beyond is a significant political development, not a good...
U TV (05-Apr-2010)