Does Britain need a population policy ?
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Politicians have joined local authorities, teachers and even the police in warning that public services in areas of high immigration could be overwhelmed by the sudden influx of new arrivals. The government has responded by talking up its proposed reform to immigration controls and sharpening its anti-immigrant rhetoric – most notably in prime minister Gordon Brown’s claim to want “British jobs for British workers”.
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