Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics/statistics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
Crisis, what crisis? It was the hot summer of ‘76, Jaws was in the cinema & Chancellor Healey was feeling the heat. Superb @cssjournal.bsky.social piece by the fab Sunday Times econ editor @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social on the IMF crisis revisited. Free-to-view! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/2 This and similar incidents should be called out for what it is. A Home Office official manufactured country information to refuse an asylum case. Some lawyers have been doing the same to try to win their cases. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Home Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggestsUpper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’www.theguardian.com
The biggest difficulty for trans rights – the general public seems to believe the new guidance makes it possible to exclude eg trans women from women's services in some circumstances. No. This was the previous position. The current guidance requires their exclusion, always, regardless of context.
I see Philp is attempting to distract from being caught out in his lies by claiming that he is at war with France .. 😉 bsky.app/profile/jame...
James ChalmersThis is a very odd story but I find it difficult to jump to the conclusion that the French navy has decided it should try to scare the Shadow Home Secretary away from talking about small boats. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"A liberal and flexible system towards economic migration routes is likely to produce better results overall than one whose primary aim is to limit eligibility to a very narrow set of potential migrants." ✍️ @jdportes.bsky.social on selective migration systems 🔗 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-paradox-...
The paradox of selectivity - UK in a changing EuropeJonathan Portes analyses how increasingly strict immigration policies may have impacted the overall economc contribution of migrants in the UK. He argues that if the objective is to maximise economic ...ukandeu.ac.ukChris Philp (Shadow Home Secretary) has now, finally, deleted this video. It contained a number of (obviously) false claims based on his "research" which (deliberately or through incompetence) misinterpreted Home Office visa data. x.com/CPhilpOffici...
Chris Philp MP (@CPhilpOfficial) on X1,000 workers from Pakistan brought 6,000 dependants - a staggering 6 to 1 ratio Many “workers” ended up in vape stores or kebab shops Low-skilled workers and dependents are still flooding in - pressuring public services and housing We must end mass low-skilled migrationx.comSee this from yesterday bsky.app/profile/jdpo...
Jonathan PortesThe Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
Chris Philp (Shadow Home Secretary) has now, finally, deleted this video. It contained a number of (obviously) false claims based on his "research" which (deliberately or through incompetence) misinterpreted Home Office visa data. x.com/CPhilpOffici...
Chris Philp MP (@CPhilpOfficial) on X1,000 workers from Pakistan brought 6,000 dependants - a staggering 6 to 1 ratio Many “workers” ended up in vape stores or kebab shops Low-skilled workers and dependents are still flooding in - pressuring public services and housing We must end mass low-skilled migrationx.com
Andy Burnham says he wants to end rough sleeping, how difficult will that be & what approach should he take? It’s a subject I’ve been writing about for years in Liverpool & the city provides a good test case for the scale of the problem and what’s needed A long but hopefully useful thread 🧵
If the concern is population growth, net migration may be a useful measure. If the concern is “control”, it is less useful. And if the concern is that white people are being replaced as non-white migrants arrive, net migration is the wrong statistic altogether. Analysis by Jonathan Portes.
Reducing net migration was never the real issueOur immigration statistics have served to legimise racism. Reduced net migration was not what people wantedeastangliabylines.co.ukThe Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
Summer of ‘76: Jaws was in the cinema & Chancellor Healey was feeling the heat. Grrat @cssjournal.bsky.social piece by brilliant Sunday Times econ editor @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social on the IMF crisis revisited. Free-view coming soon. @acadsocsciences.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The 1976 IMF crisis revisitedIn 1976, the British government went ‘cap in hand’ to the International Monetary Fund to secure a foreign currency loan to prevent a further slide in the value of sterling. The currency was already...www.tandfonline.com
Burnham hinting a similar position to that voiced by Starmer (and which Home Office is working up) on needing to rebalance A couple of big risks in sheer complexity of the often misunderstood proposals If they think exempting NHS/care visa fixes it, then 250k other people could lose legal status
I see Chris Philp still has this up. Lies from start to finish x.com/CPhilpOffici...
Chris Philp MP (@CPhilpOfficial) on X1,000 workers from Pakistan brought 6,000 dependants - a staggering 6 to 1 ratio Many “workers” ended up in vape stores or kebab shops Low-skilled workers and dependents are still flooding in - pressuring public services and housing We must end mass low-skilled migrationx.com✍️ Sign up now ✍️ Join our experts as they reflect on what we can expect from Andy Burnham's new govt. 💻 Online 📅 Tues 28 July, 1pm BST With Anand Menon, Jill Rutter, Jonathan Portes & Rob Ford 🔗 https://ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-lunch-hour-what-can-we-expect-from-the-new-burnham-government/
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