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27 Jul 16
17:11
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GDP up and we're the fastest-growing economy in G7 and Europe.
But it's GDP per capita that's important and I'd wager that this has fallen in real terms. Of course the economy will grow if the population is growing by 300,000 a year - they'd all have to be doing nothing for it not to.
But it's GDP per capita that's important and I'd wager that this has fallen in real terms. Of course the economy will grow if the population is growing by 300,000 a year - they'd all have to be doing nothing for it not to.
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Real wages are 10% lower than in 2007.
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if the bulk of the 300,000 are imigrants coming in taking the jobs of uk citizens ,there will be 300,000 doing nothing
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of those 480,000 jobs created wernt over 400,000 of them taken by immigrants
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Maybe. I commented on another thread a while back that imo it's madness to employ immigrants to work in shops and possibly pay them in-work benefits when we have young people who've never had a job.
However, as some people commented, either the British people don't want the jobs or the employers don't want them. Yes, there is the argument that the wages may be too low but retail has always been notorious for low pay. Also, these are entry level jobs for young people. Anyway, the facts are that the economy is growing but real wages are falling. |
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good jobs news today for the under 25,s,as the over 25,s are due a pay rise they,ll be scattered and their jobs going to the under 25,s,
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course the employers dont want uk workers,why would they want a uk worker who has to juggle a job around their homelives,transport costs,childcare, housing costs,when the governement,gangmasters are supplying you with a never ending supply of workers who are ferried to the job,work any hours for any money,
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Increase the supply of anything and the price of that something drops.
Wages/conditions must get worse. It's basic economics. Oversupply of labour = low pay/conditions. Ageing population, family breakup and mass immigration leads to huge demand on housing. High demand = higher prices. Basic. Wages will NEVER catch up with rents and mortgages. That's why we have housing benefit and tax credits for people IN work. Utter, utter madness brought about by no long term planning and a notion that the population can increase without controls. 70, 80, 100m people here we come. Governed by people not worthy to be called monkeys.. |
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As someone who works in transport it often takes
3 to 4 times longer to serve non British than British due to language difficulties.But due to the standard speak of the youff foreigners speck better than they does We were lucky as had a Romanian working with us so all these queries went to her otherwise plenty would miss train if we had to deal with them. Always makes me laugh when gov+big business say extra bank holiday would cost this much as more than a day is lost serving non English speakers. |
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bbc currently in the countrys top fish n chip shop the magpie cafe in whiby,repeating that they voted overwhelmingly for brexit,what she doesnt tell you that every piece of fish sold in tyhe fishing port of whitby is transported down from scotland,because the only fishing boat left in whitby exports its catch to spain
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