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Point-scoring and modern slavery

Rose BroadDavid Gadd By Rose Broad and David Gadd Filed Under: All posts, Brexit, British Politics, Europe Posted: July 30, 2020

In February, the UK Government announced new post-Brexit immigration measures promising to “take back control of our borders”, introducing an Australian-style points-based system limiting the number of ‘low-skilled’ foreign workers in the UK. In this blog, Dr Rose Broad and Professor David Gadd explain why, far from protecting both foreign and British workers, the new […]

Tagged With: Brexit, employment, immigration, immigration policy, Modern slavery, productivity, SoSS, UK immigration, workers rights

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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