That headline is patent nonsense - NO negative effect on jobs, incomes and public services? We can argue about the scale of the negative effect but to suggest there is NONE is utter tosh. Tell Kent County Council that migration has had no negative effect on its ability to provide services, including ensuring the welfare of vulnerable children.
It wasn't that long ago that HMG's official advisors on migration were saying this:
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Parts of Britain are "struggling to cope" with high levels of immigration that have put huge pressures on public services such as the NHS, schools and transport, the Government's official advisers have said.
A major new report by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) found immigration had caused the "composition of many local area populations to alter rapidly" and that such rapid change could lead to friction.
A spokesman for the MAC said: "The arrival of one million migrants in low-skilled jobs during the last 10 years has left local authorities struggling to cope with rapid population change."
The report also found the education system is failing to prepare children for low-skilled jobs, placing them at a disadvantage against foreign workers.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...nt-report.html
It's perfectly clear, that one of the main reasons people want out of the EU is the evidence before their eyes that mass, uncontrolled immigration is having an adverse effect on their lives, services, housing, jobs, wages etc. I'll grant you EU membership might not be having quite the same negative effect on the LSE and the authors of that report however...