Does immigration hurt the UK economy?

The government's assertion that immigration to the UK is essential to preventing labour shortages has been challenged by an authoritative cross-party report.

Labour's arguments in favour of mass immigration were "torn to shreds" this week by an authoritative cross-party report compiled by two ex-Chancellors, a former Bank of England governor, sundry ex-Cabinet ministers and eminent economists, says James Slack in the Daily Mail.

Their combined verdict was that record levels of immigration since Labour came to power have had "little or no impact" on our economic wellbeing, while the Government's assertion that immigration is essential to preventing labour shortages is essentially flawed.

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