KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO!

0905 Hrs GMT London Monday 23 February 2009:


Khoodeelaar! evidential note: KHOODEELAAR! TOLD YOU SO! And we have been saying that the ‘benefits’ that the Crossrail scam-touting clique on Tower Hamlets Council has claimed are NEVER going to materialise. They could not do so with the Crossrail scam being what it is. With today’s comments on Gordon Brown’s piece in the Sunday Guardian [Oops! the ‘Observer’] [22 February 2009] it is even clearer that Brown is in serious trouble as a credible steward of the Govt ship. He is hardly likely to be confirmed as a ‘serious’ steward now. Why? Because he has been far too imprudent far too often for far too long. And as even Robert Peston said, Brown is now waddling in a mess of his own imprudence! Peston did not say it. He only said ‘the mess we are in’. Khoodeelaar! has just said it!

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Thousands of foreign workers exploiting British jobs market
Foreign workers are taking 130 jobs a day which are not advertised to British workers, figures show.

By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor
Last Updated: 7:44PM GMT 22 Feb 2009

Figures last week showed the foreign workers' share of the jobs market has almost doubled under Labour, with 3.8 million now employed in Britain Photo: GETTY
The number of workers taking advantage of 'intra-company transfers' has increased by almost half in four years.
The system allows international companies to transfer their staff to the UK for supposedly limited periods of time.
But they do not have to advertise the post in the UK first and staff can stay for up to three years, plus a possible extension of two years after which they can apply for settlement.
Critics warned it meant companies had no incentive to hire and train British workers to fill the posts instead, deepening the row over the use of migrant labour.
The figures will further fuel the row over foreign labour as the recession deepens and comes ahead of more damaging immigration and population statistics to be published tomorrow.
The move also appears to contradict the recommendations of the Home Secretary, who said skilled jobs should not be given to immigrants before being advertised to British workers.
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of Migrationwatch, an independent group which monitors population flows, said: "This scheme is wide open to abuse and, in any case, is bound to reduce opportunities for British workers.
"It is absurd for the Government to describe this points based scheme as 'tough'."
Figures released to MPs showed 48,010 applications for intra-company transfers were approved in 2008, up 47 per cent on the 32,770 given the go ahead in 2004 and the equivalent of 131 arriving every day.
Overseas employees can be transferred to the UK provided they have worked for the sponsoring company for at least six months. They are also supposed to have knowledge specific to that company but there is no requirement for the job to be advertised first in Britain.
They can also work for up to 20 hours in supplementary employment provided it is in the same profession and do not need to demonstrate they speak English unless they want to stay longer than three years..
In 2006, a report by the trade union, Amicus, found that three quarters of work permits issued for IT occupations in 2005 were for intra company transfers.
Shadow work and pensions minister James Clappison, who unearthed the figures, said: "There are questions as to why there has been such a dramatic increase in the numbers in the last few years.
"It clearly calls for an explanation."
But Neil Carberry, head of employment policy for the CBI, said: "Those who enter the UK under these terms are usually highly skilled workers needed for very specific, short-term projects or secondments before they return home.
"They still have to meet strict immigration requirements. While there has been an increase, the UK is a globalised economy and 48,000 is a tiny part of a labour market of 30m."
A Government spokesman said: "Intra-company transfers are an important part of making the UK an attractive place in which to do business, and therefore keep industry and the economy moving.
"The rules around these transfers were developed following consultation with businesses, and workers must display the appropriate level of earnings and qualifications."
Figures last week showed the foreign workers' share of the jobs market has almost doubled under Labour, with 3.8 million now employed in Britain.
Workers not born in Britain account for one in seven jobs after more than 1.8 million foreigners were added to the labour force over the past decade.
The Daily Telegraph told last November how tens of thousands of immigrants are taking jobs in Britain every year without them being advertised here first.
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith yesterday announced plans to review whether skilled foreign workers should be restricted solely to those occupations that have labour shortages.
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) will look to see if there is an economic case for such a move.
As disclosed by the Daily Telegraph on Saturday, Ms Smith also announced tighter restrictions on highly skilled migrants to cut the number of workers coming each year and new requirements for employers to advertise jobs in JobCentre Plus offices before bringing in labour from outside Europe.
The Home Secretary said: "A flexible immigration system, rather than an arbitrary cap, is better for British business and the British economy."
However, shadow immigration minister Damian Green said: "Jacqui Smith is just tinkering around the edges of the immigration system. If she wants to control the numbers entering the country legally then should introduce a limit as a Conservative Government would. If she wants to control illegal immigration better, she should introduce a border police force. For the moment, she is just floundering in reaction to public anger."

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