Saturday, 5 June 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Population in Welwyn Hatfield to swell by 16 per cent
THE population of Welwyn Hatfield is set to swell by more than 16 per cent over the next eight years, official figures suggest. In 2008, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) recorded the population of the borough as 112...
Welwyn Hatfield Times (04-Jun-2010)

Broxbourne MPs immigration warning
CONCERNED Broxbourne MP Charles Walker has warned that uncontrolled immigration could lead to a rise in support for the far...
Herald 24 (04-Jun-2010)

Fraudsters fleece men out of £55,000 in separate scams in Hounslow and Heston
Fraudsters have fleeced two men out of £55,000 by selling fake winning lottery tickets in two big-money scams. The most recent incident left a 55-year-old man in hospital after he cottoned on to a £30,000 scam - but was pushed out of a car by two conmen as they...
This is Local London (04-Jun-2010)

Driver in France fined for wearing a burka
A Muslim was fined for driving while wearing a burka because it reduced her field of vision.
Metro (04-Jun-2010)

Illegal workers found at two restaurants
ILLEGAL workers have been found employed at two North Somerset restaurants. Officers from the UK Border Agency targeted Posh Spice in Nailsea High Street and Yatton Tandoori in High Street and found four men working illegally at the...
Weston & Somerset Mercury (03-Jun-2010)

Watkins v Woolas
OLDHAM is at the centre of a legal battle that could make political history and force a by-election. Lib-Dem candidate Elwyn Watkins claims Oldham East and Saddleworth Labour MP Phil Woolas made false statements against him that affected the General Election and wants the constituency result declared...
Oldham Evening Chronicle (03-Jun-2010)

More misleading claims about migration
Migration Watch are plain wrong to suggest that the introduction of the Points-Based System for managing immigration has led to an increase in the number of economic migrants entering the...
IPPR (03-Jun-2010)

Britain saw rapid rise in non-EU influx with points plan
The Labour's bluff was called as official figures revealed the tightened points-based immigration system was not so tough after all, with immigration from non-European Union countries showing a dramatic rise of 25 percent in the year ending last...
Irish Sun (03-Jun-2010)

Britain is full up - Cameron must act to stem the tide of immigration 
With Labour at last accepting that immigration is an issue, the Coalition needs to move fast, says Benedict Brogan 
Daily Telegraph (03-Jun-2010)

New points system let in more foreign workers not fewer
Tens of thousands of extra migrants have been allowed into Britain under a supposed tough new points system introduced by the Labour...
Telegraph.co.uk (03-Jun-2010)

GORDON BROWN IN FIRING LINE OVER GUILTY SECRET 
LABOUR S guilty secret over immigration was exposed...
Daily Star (03-Jun-2010)

MIGRANTS SOAR BY 20% DESPITE GORDON BROWN'S CRACKDOWN
THE number of migrants entering Britain from outside the EU soared by a fifth last year despite Labours supposedly tough new points-based immigration...
Daily Express (03-Jun-2010)

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Cynical sham that insults public | Mail Online
It was the classic New Labour reaction to mounting popular concerns over the safety of genetically modified foods: set up an expensive public consultation process - and then rig it to give the answers the government...
The Mail On Sunday (03-Jun-2010)

Immigration soars 20% after Labour's 'crackdown'
Labour's supposedly tough points-based immigration system actually led to huge increases in foreign workers and students cleared to live in Britain, it emerged last...
Mail Online (03-Jun-2010)