Housing market downbeat

The leaflet stated as an EU citizens the British government could not restrict their right to enter the UK.
These rights also applied to extended families.

Before spouting b ollox, it's usually best to check the facts ;)

EU Directive 2004/38

Whether the UK chooses to implement or not implement the rules is not the fault of the EU !
 
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Give me a clue
I don't know why people like you refuse to accept that it doesn't work like that.

If you claim that there are countries with whom we cannot trade because of our membership of the EU then is behoves you to be able to prove the validity of your claim.
 
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Vinty is one of those people who doesn't want facts, he just wants ignorance and lies, as they are all he wants to operate by..
The facts are that EU citizens and their families have the right to enter the UK without a visa, they don't require a work permit to work and under the present rules it is illegal to treat them any differently from UK nationals.
After 5 years they automatically gain permanent settled status ,they then can apply for a British passport if they wish.
The only grounds for refusing entry to EU citizens is public health and security concerns.
If the above isn't the unrestricted right of entry then I don't know what is.
Get your head out of the sand.
 
So mass immigration drives down wages, and yet those doing the driving down by being the ones prepared to work for less also have enough money to drive house prices up?

How does that work, then?

It's basic supply and demand. Not too difficult. Until a few years ago, our population was 60 million (officially), suddenly it's 65 million (officially) and rising daily. So, 5 million extra people (officially) need to be housed in a country with shortages of housing. Add in some cheap lending by the banks, and you have sustained house price inflation.

I suppose you don't believe that mass immigration is pushing up rents too. Supply and demand isn't too hard to grasp, surely?
 
I don't know why people like you refuse to accept that it doesn't work like that.

If you claim that there are countries with whom we cannot trade because of our membership of the EU then is behoves you to be able to prove the validity of your claim.

North Korea ;)
 
It's basic supply and demand. Not too difficult. Until a few years ago, our population was 60 million (officially), suddenly it's 65 million (officially) and rising daily. So, 5 million extra people (officially) need to be housed in a country with shortages of housing. Add in some cheap lending by the banks, and you have sustained house price inflation.

I suppose you don't believe that mass immigration is pushing up rents too. Supply and demand isn't too hard to grasp, surely?

Immigration is a double edged sword.

Government want it because the economy gains from it.

Not so good when housing and other infrastructure creak because those problems arent solved.

Increasing the number of working age people means a better tax paying to pension ratio as well.
 
Immigration is a double edged sword.

Government want it because the economy gains from it.

Not so good when housing and other infrastructure creak because those problems arent solved.

Increasing the number of working age people means a better tax paying to pension ratio as well.
Increasing the number working age people in theory should result in bigger tax revenues coming in to pay for more infrastructure investment but the problem seems to be that a lot of these new workers are on low wages which means reduced tax revenues for government.
With the advent of free movement this has given the corporates an endless supply of cheap foreign Labour resulting in the driving down of wages and an over reliance on state subsidies by low paid workers.
The only solution seems to be that the minimum wage should be increased drastically which would save money spent on subsidising the profits of the multinationals also tax revenues would rise allowing for increased investment in social housing and infrastructure projects.
Of course there are those who would claim that increasing the minimum wage damages the economy but they said that when the minimum wage was first introduced.
 
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