In a twist few would have expected in recent years, Labour are attempting to position themselves as the party to successfully control migration. Today, the Prime Minister launched his white paper on the topic, promising to ‘take back control of our borders’ and warning that the UK risks becoming an ‘island of strangers’. Labour’s turn […]
It’s a familiar story: pro-migration propagandists, fears of manpower shortages, a humanitarian crisis in Europe, an ambitious but nebulous foreign policy and a government riven by factionalism – all combining to create the perfect conditions for an unprecedented migrant inflow and a swift public backlash. Stand aside, Boris – I am of course referring to […]
It has become traditional to see stories over the winter months about the NHS in crisis. In a bleak new development, stories of institutional collapse in our healthcare system are emerging as a regular feature of early spring as well. This year – in a repeat of last year – there is huge frustration among […]
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released its latest national population projections. It estimates that, between mid-2022 and mid-2032, the population will rise by 4.9 million to a high of 72.5m, overtaking France. These projections presume both that a decline in fertility and medical improvements to life expectancy through medicine will continue. The increase […]
What can recent developments in the scandal over child sexual exploitation tell us about our dangerous descent into a low trust society? Two Labour MPs have now broken ranks to contradict the leadership and say a national inquiry into child rape grooming gangs is now needed. Many people will not have heard of Dan Carden, […]
One of the worst things about having a public profile is that you tend to attract stalkers. But rarely are those stalkers credentialled academics with a six-figure following on social media. Back in May, the Centre for Policy Studies – which I run, and which also owns CapX – published a major piece of work […]
The Islamist-led rebel offensive in Syria has been executed with devastating effect, ending Bashar al-Assad’s lengthy reign as president and five decades of dynastic rule by the Assad family. The downfall of Assad’s totalitarian regime is not to be mourned – but what do we know of the Syrian rebels? This anti-Assad offensive has been […]
. Below is a transcript of a speech delivered by the Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP at an event hosted by the Centre for Policy Studies on November 27 2024. Tomorrow, immigration figures will be released that should show a drop in net migration. This is because of the changes we made in the last […]
‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.’ That is the famous inscription on the Statue of Liberty, symbolising the story of America as a ‘nation of immigrants’. But there are competing ideas of America. This second era of Donald Trump will now see a clash as sharp as any […]
A new report, published by the GMC and written by its chief executive, Charlie Massey, has found that too many British doctors of BAME origin and overseas-trained medics are still being reported by their employers for alleged misconduct compared with white British-trained medics as a result of discrimination. The report offers a comprehensive update on […]
If there is one thing that the four remaining Conservative leadership candidates do agree on, it is that their party failed on immigration in government.A harder question may be why.One simple answer would be that Conservative ministers just did not take the party’s manifesto commitments seriously at all. A second would be that they did […]
Our immigration system quite clearly is not working as it should. The Office for Budget Responsibility found that low-wage migrants can cost the taxpayer £150,000 each by the time they reach the state pension age. By contrast, migrants earning 30% more than the average wage contribute a net revenue boost of £925,000 in the same period. The […]
You needn’t be an expert psephologist to know that immigration was a key reason behind the Conservatives’ capitulation to Labour in July’s general election. So, as the Tory leadership election moves towards its business end, it’s no surprise to see that all of the candidates vying to replace Rishi Sunak have pledged to slash the […]
One of the most common misconceptions in the immigration debate is that cutting back on numbers means cutting back on skilled migrant workers. But this couldn’t be further from the truth. Two-thirds of the public think immigration has been too high over the last decade, but one type of migration a narrow majority of voters […]
The latest Home Office migration statistics have been released, showing that the overall number of people coming to the UK has reduced, at least since the last set of figures. Restrictions to the Immigration Rules brought in by the Conservatives before their general election defeat have succeeded, at least in their limited aims. Health and […]
In Europe, we’ve seen the pattern again and again since 2015: Mass low-skilled immigration spurs a backlash The backlash strengthens nationalist parties, who then get 10, 20, 30 per cent of the seats in the legislature The normal political parties create a cordon sanitaire, some kind of promise not to do business with the baddies […]
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