Speaking to young men here who are desperate to get to the Uk, I am regularily told that friends have told them they have great jobs, get a nice house furniture and one was bragging that his friends social worker had decided as he was at home all day he was entitled to a TV and games console, so he could integrate more easily into the Uk and to help his English.
I know very well a young man now in the UK, legally I might add, who is now desperate to go to the USA as the UK has not come up to his standards, he was living here with one friend in an apartment now he is sharing a bedroom with 3'friends' in a house with 15 other people.
perhaps the UK should be advertisisng all the down sides, it is not easy to get Money from the social services here, more likely to get food vouchers and hostel accommodation, and without a permanent address you cannot get an ID card so no legal job or rental agreement.
But then again the black economy mainly of passers through is almost destroying our economy. Which is why we pay some of the highest personal taxes in Europe.
Good Morning Monday 29th April 2024
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