The Times UK edition carried a shocking headline - High-skilled foreign migrants entering Britain to halve, Jacqui Smith says - leaving me to turn my dentures into organic paper shredders while saying WTF whenever finger breaks came in between. In brief, this is what was said, by the mighty Ms Smith, “All workers now coming to the UK from outside the EU have to meet the requirements of the Australian-style points-based system, which allows us to raise or lower the bar on who can come here. We recognise that migration continues to play an important role in the UK, at the same time as we are giving greater support to domestic workers so that we can all come through the recession stronger.” She has also asked the Migration Advisory Committee to look at the economic contribution made by dependants of all migrants entering under the points-based immigration system. Ms Smith confirmed that skilled jobs will have to be advertised for a minimum of two weeks in Jobcentre Plus branches bef...
...now I know...