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Immigration in its place: how policy needs to recognise geography

Ken Clark By Ken Clark Filed Under: Ethnicity, Growth and Inclusion Posted: November 14, 2018

Ken Clark, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, examines the Migration Advisory Committee’s recent report and discusses the need for place-based migration policy. The Migration Advisory Committee has persistently rejected calls for regional variation in the framework that regulates migration in the UK. It is clear that patterns of migration, and thus its […]

Tagged With: Brexit, economy, immigration, labour market, MAC, place-based policy, productivity, regional policy, skills, SoSS, UK immigration, Wages

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Ethnic diversity and UK PLC

Ken Clark By Ken Clark Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: June 11, 2015

The top UK firms need more leadership from government to close the ethnic diversity gap, argues Ken Clark. Ethnic disadvantage in the labour market has been well documented in recent years. In the UK, as in many other countries, some non-white groups face restricted access to employment and suffer lower wages when in jobs. These […]

Tagged With: BBC, Davies Review, employment, ethnic diversity, glass ceiling, High Fliers, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, KPMG, McKinsey, OECD, PwC, race

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Wanted: A post-deficit economic narrative for Britain

Ken Clark By Ken Clark Filed Under: Featured Posted: May 13, 2015

The election is over and David Cameron’s new government is poised to pursue its legislative programme. Here Ken Clark explores the economic challenges facing the new Government, and in particular falling productivity. The economy was undoubtedly a crucial part of the election campaign and the eventual outcome.  While the Conservatives emphasised the renewed growth, expanding […]

Tagged With: Conservative, deficit, deficit reduction, economy, financial crisis, GE2015, housing benefit, Labour, productivity, taxes

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Racist attitudes – the barrier to ethnic minority employment?

Ken Clark By Ken Clark Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: June 18, 2014

Why do ethnic minorities still face discrimination in gaining employment?, asks Ken Clark. The issue of racial prejudice in British society has been in the news recently. Under the headline Racism on the rise in Britain, the Guardian reported on data from the British Social Attitudes Survey which showed that the proportion of respondents describing […]

Tagged With: employment, ethnic minority employment, labour market, racial discrimination, racial prejudice, racism

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Is the picture of Pakistani self-employment really so rosy?

Ken Clark By Ken Clark Filed Under: Ethnicity, Featured Posted: April 9, 2014

There is economic vibrancy in Asian-dominated areas of the UK, driven by the entrepreneurial spirit of the self-employed, according to some reports. But, says Ken Clark, analysis of official statistics reveals a rather less rosy picture.  Asian-dominated areas of the UK are booming, according to The Economist – in stark contrast to “struggling white towns”. The credit for this boom […]

Tagged With: employment, ethnicity, labour market, pakistani, self-employment

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What Kind of Immigration Do We Want?

Ken Clark By Ken Clark Filed Under: Featured, Whitehall Watch Posted: October 31, 2013

It was recently proposed that countries with high immigration could specify the ideal mix of people and cultures allowed across their borders. It is a thesis that has, unsurprisingly, split opinion and caused much debate. But whatever one thinks of this approach, the type and volume of immigrants the UK electorate would prefer is a […]

Tagged With: asylum seekers, border, control, immigrants, immigration, policy

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