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The coalition's migration troubles continue
23 February 2012

The government is still struggling to keep its promise to reduce net migration.

UK Politics
Conservatives put politics before policy on immigration
02 February 2012

A target for net migration is too blunt an instrument.

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Dog-whistling on migrants and benefits
20 January 2012

Tory ministers Chris Grayling and Damian Green are manipulating the facts to suit their agenda.

UK Politics
The right tries to blame youth unemployment on immigration -- again
09 January 2012

MigrationWatch has been allowed to get away with irresponsible scaremongering for too long.

UK Politics
Is there such a thing as an ideal level of population?
08 December 2011

Rather than yet another debate about immigration, let's have a proper debate about population growth.

UK Politics
The coalition's latest immigration blunder
31 October 2011

A guest worker programme would be bad for migrants and bad for the economy.

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The coalition must rethink its approach to youth unemployment
24 August 2011

Ministers must accept that the immigration cap will not help young Britons into work.

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Youth unemployment must be addressed
10 August 2011

Politicians are right to condemn the rioters but wrong to see this as an alternative to trying to understand their problems.

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Fighting terror: "muscular" Cameron versus "nuanced" Obama
02 July 2011

America's new counter-terrorist strategy points is better, more confident alternative to the UK's 'Prevent' approach.

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Terror prevent strategy is muddled - and potentially dangerous
09 June 2011

Despite the radical spin, the strategy is mostly evolutionary rather than revolutionary – and all the better for it – but there is a confusion at its heart which could threaten freedom of speech.

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