New research from the Centre for Policy Studies reveals that the latest surge in migration will cost an eye-watering £234 billion over the migrants’ lifetimes—£8,200 per UK household, according to OBR projections. This comes as over 2 million visas that can lead to indefinite leave to remain have been issued between January 2021 and June 2024. Around 800,000 of them are projected to apply for indefinite leave to remain —500,000 of whom are low-wage and set to be propped up by the UK taxpayer…
And that’s without even counting illegal migration. Meanwhile, the Centre for Migration Control projects that by 2035, a quarter of the UK population will be foreign-born. Labour, desperate to look tough, is out today with its latest stunt to prove they’re so-called ‘smashing the gangs’, unveiling new footage of foreign criminals being deported. A handful of deportations won’t do much to offset the spiralling cost of net migration…
Parliamentary watchdog Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA) has just announced its recommendation that MP pay increases by 2.8% in 2025/2026. They are currently paid £91,346…
That would push MPs’ pay to £93,904 – £61 million a year for the lot of them. Quite the packet for a glorified councillor…
Starmer’s close friend Philippe Sands KC has acted as chief legal counsel to Mauritius on the Chagos deal for years – it is actually his shaky legal opinion on the “electromagnetic spectrum” at Diego Garcia that Downing Street is hiding behind in its insistence the surrender has to go ahead. Satirists are going out of work at an unprecedented rate…
Beijing Barry Gardiner has invited Sands to chat about the Chagos deal – on which the CCP is undoubtedly keen – on the 25th of this month at his APPG for Climate, Nature & Security in parliament’s Portcullis House. An invitation says the “Chagos negotiations are a complex combination of post-colonial justice, environmental policy, and global security interests, with a wide range of implications for marine conservation, climate resilience, and regional stability” and “world experts” including Sands will “frame the issue and support a deeper understanding of the integrated security concerns.” Mauritius for its part has dismissed existing environmental protections for the Chagos Islands as unnecessary…
Mauritius is an ally of China – its total cumulative investment is around $1 billion. No doubt Sands, who planted a Mauritian flag on Chagos without permission, will present a ‘balanced’ case for the country’s eco-credentials…
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A fresh YouGov poll won’t do much to quash rumours of a Reform-Tory pact, as 48% of Tory voters don’t see Kemi Badenoch as a prime minister in waiting. Among her own party, only a feeble 26% do…
Meanwhile, the public verdict isn’t much kinder:
Among Tory voters, the mood is bleak—just 22% see the party as being in a strong state, while a crushing 67% say it’s weak. And when it comes to Badenoch’s leadership, more believe the party would be in a worse state under her (15%) than a better one (8%). Happy 100 days in LOTO, Kemi…
The Times reported over the weekend that Labour, in its new bid to take on Reform, has dropped plans to make getting a gender recognition certificate easier. Home Office minister Angela Eagle insists that is wrong…
Government sources told the Times: “Why would we open that particular can of worms for ourselves at this particular moment?” Labour’s manifesto commitments include removing “indignities for trans people who deserve recognition and acceptance; whilst retaining the need for a diagnosis of gender dysphoria from a specialist doctor, enabling access to the healthcare pathway.” Removing the two-doctor requirement as well as two years of living as their ‘new’ gender would need legislation. Eagle insists that’s all going ahead:
“That newspaper report is wrong. We’re going to put into effect our manifesto commitments… It’s not self ID… if you look in our manifesto it’s it’s all in there it’s simplifying it and making it easier.”
Asked if that would be going ahead no ifs no buts Eagle said “yes.” Some government briefing svengalis will be feeling exasperated…
Rachel Reeves’ promise of delivering growth is continuing to look like a dud. According to the latest KPMG survey, new job openings fell at their fastest rate since the pandemic in January, as businesses face widespread “gloom” in the wake of her Budget. Temporary vacancies also took their biggest hit since 2020…
With hiring freezes kicking in across the board, firms are blaming Reeves’ business-bashing policies. Her hike in NIC, along with the Employment Rights Bill cracking down on zero-hour contracts and handing more power to the unions are piling costs onto businesses. A KPMG partner admitted, “It is unlikely that we will see any significant improvements in the survey data over the near term.” Meanwhile James Reed, head of one of the UK’s biggest recruitment agencies, didn’t hold back on Today, calling it “a slow-motion car crash accelerating” as Reeves’ “tax on jobs” is “unsurprisingly leading to fewer jobs“. Securonomics latest…
Speaking at his speech on how to achieve “progressive capitalism” Wes Streeting fired a dig and Andy Burnham:
“Bond markets are not bond villains and fiscal rules matter.”