General Discussion
What we need is a points based system like Australia and only take what we need all immigrants should have a criminal records check and be properly vetted.
For info (in case anyone is interested) see below text of email I sent Cllr Mawhood in response to her April email request for views from the public on the future of the lawn. Thoughts on the future of the lawn in Dawlish Flooding: I understand that because the Lawn is a flood plain the EA will need to be involved as to what and where any new buildings can be sited. ...
But the problem is that although immigration is unpopular, it is needed and will not stop when we leave the EU. Already the government is lifting the Tier 2 immigration cap so that non EU doctors and nurses can come and work in this country.
Thank you Linda but I don't have to be there (anymore than does anyone else) to express my thoughts given that we now all know who sits on the working party. If we wish to contact the working party members, the cllrs certainly, then we know how to contact them. I expressed my thoughts to Cllr Mawhood when she sent out her round robin email back at the beginning of April asking for ...
That’s right Lynn, when the presentation was prepared and delivered to the council. Do feel free to attend any of the meetings on Friday mornings at 10am be lovely to see you there and get your thoughts.
Immigration is unpopular and thats why we are were we are goverment after goverment have failed to to deal with the problem so at the referendum folk saw a opportunity to rectify the problem themselves and voted leave. Home ownership is at it's lowest for 30 years while the private rental market has doubled since 2004.
For info - the section on the town council's website concerning the lawn working party was only placed there last week. (source: email response from Dawlish Town Clerk)
Because if demand is greater than supply, prices rise. More profit to be made. And also, from a political point of view, why would any political party, whose voters are mainly home owners, pursue economic policies that would see house prices fall?
So where does the pressure on demand for more housing come from? And if the demand is as great as it is made out to be, then why aren't the house builders taking advantage of it. After all, we are always told it is supply and demand, so if the demand is there, why not fulfill it?
So here's the dilemma; Immigration. The easiest solution to an ageing population is to encourage young migrants of working age. For example, the UK has attracted many young workers from Eastern Europe. But, net migration and free movement of labour is unpopular for fears it drives down wages and places stress on infrastructure and housing demand. ...