has New Labour failed on its education policy? When companies who need skilled workers have to look to Poland?
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There are a couple of issues here and you have hit one of them on the head.\n\nThe knock on effect is that having sourced the workers from overseas there will be no jobs for School leavers at all, so it's onto Uni or the dole. Note the recent policy change announcement to keep Kids in school till 18!\n\nThe other is that the domestic birth rate is still falling, I believe in part due to the requirement for a second income in order to afford a mortgage these days.
930672
I'll trade with you.  You guys in the UK can go back to the Tories, and I'll trade in my Howard govt for Labor.... I've been waiting a long time, we need them back to fix the country.
818975
I wish the British people would pay for better education. "Surly", is an interesting way to perceive this argument, but I don't think it's the right way, if you want a better country, you need to be taxed. The question is, who to tax? Big Business? The government need them in this country to provide employment. I think it shows that the British still have an aptitude to keep complaining.
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Hello,\n\nThis is one of those questions were I believe the answers could be both Yes! and No!. \n\nOn the one hand Britain is an island nation that has seen successive invasions & Conquests from numerous different races & peoples (the romans, the saxons, the vikings,etc). Britain had a massive empire & much of our historic wealth has come from slavery, expliotation & trading. In the second world war many people escaped from the devastation that was going on in Europe and came into the UK. So you can see we've always had immagration and migration, you cannot say immagration is a new experience for us.\n\n**The problem I think is more about the fact that we ARE an island (all be it a reasonably sized one!) and being an island means we do have limits on space & resources.\n\n**The other paradoxic part to this issue, is do you see immagration as adding something to the whole, i.e. bringing benefit to our society or do you see immagration as mainly a draining of resources. In other words is the glass half empty or half full, that I believe is closer to the core of this question.\n\n**The UK involment with the EU has seen the problem become worse, the dilemma increase. why? as poorer states & countries jioned the EU club they wanted to gain the benefits of EU membership and improve their living standards. EU labour laws allow for workers to move from one EU country to another and thats yet another part of the concern about immagration. Our government wildly underestimated the number of workers who would come into the UK seeking work (I think the orginial estimate was about 10,000 in reality its been 245,000 or there abouts).\n\n**The polish workers coming into the UK are not entirely welcomed why? because they are very hard working and prepared to take lower wages than most UK workers, why? because even though badly paid by our standards by polish standards they're well paid. \n\nSo polish workers can fulfil jobs that UK workers dont want to do, but some people feel polish people are putting a strain on jobs & the jobs market. How true that is, is yet another question and hard to answer. Non of this has clear cut or black & white answers, the answer I suggest is always going to be relative or subjective.\n\nIR
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When so many people arrive in so short a space of time, there are going to be problems; especially since most know only of London when they set out from their homeland.\n\nThe central and eastern europeans are generally splendid folk, who work hard and fit in well. \n\nThe question we should be asking is why these countries cannot attract investment and provide employment for their own people, when jobs and manufacturing are going to China and India.\n\nMuch of the problem of european unemployment is a direct result of short-term greed on the part of capitalists, and when all the investment has gone to China and other far-flung places, and the home economies are shattered by it, the capitalists will have achieved a type of socialism which only the communists could have come up with as a political philosophy.\n\nThe sooner the globalisation enthusiasts grasp the nettle, the better, because the capitalists could well drive europe towards self-destruction and civil-war.\n\nIt is scandalous that so many are forced to move, simply to feed themselves and have a decent life.\n\nWith that in mind, perhaps we should treat our close cousins from europe as we would treat our own, because they ARE good people and they deserve much better. Using them as political hot-potatoes and scapegoats is in no-one's interests, and simply diverts us from the REAL problems of a lack of proper economic policy and bad global business practice.\n\nCommunism is dead......long live slavery!
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I would start by taking a GOOD look at our education system. It is failing. Europeans are ahead of us so are many others. If we do not cultivate the kids who will run our country down the line? more idiots. Other issues bug me but education would be my number one.
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dear my sister has the same problem. its not fair that ppl dont give to new workers a chance, but i really think that if u search and beleive urself u can find it. good luck
947061
You are right about if all the immigrants were kicked out, that the british people would still sit on their lazy ar*es claiming benefits.\nThats why a lot of the unskilled polish and bulgarian workers are coming over here, to fill the jobs that brits wont do.\nDont believe anyone who says "i cant get a job" there is obviously work out there if they are having to bring in immigrants to do it.\nWhen I talk about immigrants I mean anyone who has emigrated to this country. They dont bother me as long as they are willing to work.\n\nPlus, if you are working here on a visa, you automatically pay 25% tax pon your earnings so I dont think we can say thatr immigrants are ripping the country off and giving nothing back!
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The two should go hand-in-hand.  It doesn't do any good to teach industrial skills if the other basic knowledge isn't there, but it doesn't do any good to just teach the three R's (and the other multicultural crap they're teaching these days) if you can't get a job when you're done.
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It is a ludicrous waste of tax-payers' money and the means-testing is far from foolproof.  I know of people who are managing to send their children to independent schools, paying fees of £15,000 per year or more, and are also successfully claiming the EMA!
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Hi,\n\nWelcome - we need committed teachers. I would suggest having a look at a few websites. Firstly the immigration department\n\nhttp://www.immi.gov.au/\n\nThey can tell you the legalities of immigration. From what I have seen in life if you have a clean criminal history, no affiliations with extreme groups (ie Jamah Islamia etc) and are of sound mind and body, the process is fairly easy.\n\nThen once you know the legalities you will need to talk to the Department of Education in the state which you wish to live in.\n\nFor instance if you are planning on living in NSW, then you will need to discuss your situation with NSW Department of Education & Training:\n\nhttps://www.det.nsw.edu.au/employment/recruit/index.htm
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I'm not sure if I understand properly the Q. (ESL), but if you mean is it time for better labour relation, my answer is:Yes, Yes, Yes. America is 50 years behind some EU contires, like Holland, for example.\n\nSend me an email if you like. \n\nDon, Toronto\nw381@yahoo.ca
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you know y its hard to fine a tiling job because all them foreigners have them.I work on sites and most of the tilers have foreigners now working for them same as the painters.it sucks now because they are taking most of the apprenticeships now from our own lads...
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I've heard similar.\n\nI heard that they're looking to allow professionals to emigrate, but make it harder for others.\n\nIn other words they only want to let in people that are gonna improve their economy, or their health service, etc...
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If you are in the UK, try asking the British Council because I believe they are keen to have UK workers in all sorts of cultural/vocational/work schemes abroad. What about contacting UK based forgien (scuse spelling) country work agencies--make sure they're not dodgey ones though!
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Current UK immigration policy is designed to address the needs of the UK’s labour market by attracting highly skilled individuals to help contribute to the UK's economic growth. As a result, thousands of people come to the UK every year looking to take advantage of the enormous career development opportunities on offer. \nAustralia is one of the most popular destinations in the world for people considering migration abroad. From the scenic beauty of its vast landscape, warm climate and high standard of living, to the vibrant and cosmopolitan nature of its cities, Australia is a ’lucky country’ with something to suit all lifestyles, tastes and interests. \nOne of the basic requirements of skilled migration to Australia is that you are suitably trained in an occupation listed on the Australian Government's Skilled Ocupations List (SOL). http://www.immi.gov.au/\nBest of Luck!
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Well wait for the next one on the Republic, this will get through.\n\nHopefully we can have one on the new industrial relations law.\n\n (former Howard supporter)