Weekly Survey: Deficit, immigration and candidates
It appears that Labour will go into the election with five main pledges, probably forming a 2015 pledge…
Immigration
“We will control immigration with fair rules” – Miliband announces Labour’s second election pledge
Miliband today announced the second of Labour’s five election pledges – it will be on immigration. At a…
The real message in Labour’s leaked immigration document shouldn’t be a source of embarrassment
The Telegraph (£) have published a leaked strategy document direct from Labour HQ – entitled ‘Campaigning Against Ukip’…
Labour will make it a criminal offence to exploit migrant workers, Miliband to announce
Today, Ed Miliband will announce that Labour will make it a criminal offence for employers to exploit migrant…
Farage says immigration made him late for event
Nigel Farage is stuck on repeat. Every time he’s confronted with a problem, he blames ‘immigrants’. The latest…
McFadden’s message to Cameron: You don’t get the best deal from Europe by threatening to leave
Pat McFadden, Labour’s Shadow Europe Minister, has attacked David Cameron’s approach to diplomacy in the EU as an…
Cooper says Cameron’s migration target is “in tatters” – and Tory backbenchers agree
Yvette Cooper has slammed David Cameron’s major speech on EU immigration, saying that he has spent weeks of…
Badly handled immigration can be a problem
Maya Goodfellow says Labour’s leadership is treading the UKIP-Tory path ‘by accepting that immigration is a problem at…
Miliband says it’s not prejudiced to talk about immigration – but that’s exactly what this immigration debate is built on
As has become the norm in British politics, over the past couple of weeks immigration hasn’t been far…
The values we apply to immigration are the same Labour values we apply to the welfare state
That Britain has benefited from the contribution of immigrants to our country is beyond doubt. Our membership of…
