Wednesday, 30 June 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Immigration cap plan reluctantly backed by employers
Businesses have reluctantly backed the Government's planned immigration cap but drew the line at a proposal which could force employers to pay for migrant workers' private health...
Yahoo! Finance UK (29-Jun-2010)

Government launches migrant-cap consultation
Home secretary Theresa May says she plans to limit the number of migrants entering the UK to tens of thousands, not hundreds of...
Local Government Chronicle (29-Jun-2010)

May pledges to consult over immigration cap
HOME Secretary Theresa May yesterday insisted business needs would be taken into account, as she announced the UKs first immigration cap. Ms May pledged there would be consultation on how best to implement an annual limit on economic migrants from outside the...
Wales Online (29-Jun-2010)

Indian professional group opposes UK immigration cap
Following a UK government announcement an indian organisation, which has challenged changes to the UK immigration rules in the past, says it will oppose what it describes as an illogical cap on immigration.
Computer Weekly (29-Jun-2010)

Mixed reaction over government immigration caps
Now that the government has began its strategy to reduce the number of non EU workers on visas in the UK the debate in the IT sector can begin. In an effort to get a debate going here are the views of various people I have spoken to over recent months but what do you think? 1 - A senior IT professional at..
Computer Weekly (29-Jun-2010)

Migrants must get private healthcare insurance to take pressure off NHS | Mail Online
Immigrant workers will be forced to have private healthcare, it has emerged. The surprise measure is designed to prevent them placing further strain on the National Health...
The Mail On Sunday (29-Jun-2010)

Immigration cap attacked as 'economics of sixth-form'
CONTROVERSIAL curbs on the number of skilled workers allowed into the country from outside the European Union could have a "dangerous" impact on Scotland's economy, it was claimed last...
The Scotsman (29-Jun-2010)

MAIL COMMENT: At last there's hope on mass migration | Mail Online
Nothing so sharply divided the last government from the people it was meant to represent than mass, uncontrolled immigration. In poll after poll, some 80 per cent of ordinary Britons made clear their deep concern over the impact of Labour's open-door policy on jobs, housing, public services and...
The Mail On Sunday (29-Jun-2010)

Leading article: Incredible capping
There was always a suspicion of sleight of hand about the Conservative Party's policy on immigration during the election campaign. The public are clearly exercised about the number of immigrants who have come to Britain over the past...
The Independent (29-Jun-2010)