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A blizzard of statistics released across Whitehall yesterday gave incontrovertible proof - if any were needed - that immigration is changing the face of Britain. Yet the Government, far from confronting this uncomfortable truth, sought to look elsewhere. The number of Eastern Europeans, who have been coming into the UK at record rates, has fallen back to its lowest level since EU expansion in 2004, the Home Office said. The inference was that Ministers, keen to reduce the enormous strain on public services, had finally got a grip on migration. Except it reflects no such thing: rather, Eastern Europeans have stopped arriving in large numbers because our economy, battered by the credit crunch, is collapsing. The pound is weak and opportunities, particularly in construction, have dried up. By focusing on Eastern European... [read full story]
