Labour MPs write to Miliband urging limit on free movement from Europe
7 Labour MPs have written an open letter to Ed Miliband – published in the Observer today –…
Immigration
A vision for the future of Britain is better than a strategy for tomorrow’s polls
“It would be much better if the foreigners be kept out.” So said Keir Hardie. This came as…
20 ways to make Britain better 4. ‘firm on immigration and firm on discrimination’
“I am not racist, but.” When someone says this in conversation for about half the population it translates…
The challenge for Labour on immigration is what to say, not how loudly to say it
For months, everybody thought it would be the Conservatives who would be panicking about UKIP. But Conservative nerves…
Alexander: We’ll not make same mistakes as Tories in dealing with UKIP threat
Douglas Alexander will today give a speech on Britain and the EU. The issue has been curiously absent…
Labour can no longer afford to match Tory rhetoric on immigration
In the heat of the 2010 election, worried that their candidate was going to lose, election agent Joseph…
Can we have a sensible debate about immigration?
That’s a question to which the answer is no, right? The immigration debate is the ultimate facts vs…
Yvette Cooper’s immigration speech – full text
In a speech on immigration a year ago, I said that politicians didn’t talk enough about immigration. Twelve…
Immigration has to be a two-way deal
Over the centuries, migrants coming to this country to make a better life for themselves and their children…
It’s time we talked about immigration
Labour doesn’t have an ‘open door’ immigration policy. We never have had that approach. It is therefore surprising…
