I have one of the dwindling number of Tory MPs in my constituency, and not a bad one in terms of views, and would have been comfortable in Major or Cameron governments. Lab were second last year, wit… (View Post)

Even in places with a much thinner welfare state, such as the USA or Queens land, a very high percentage of the medical and nursing workforce is immigrant. Universities and Silicone Valley too. (View Post)

That's not quite true. Both the last government and this one have signed up to the NHS workforce plan to double medical school places*. No funding attached of course, nor physical expansion of m… (View Post)

Yes, over the last decade all of Iberian nurses and Greek doctors have been replaced by Keralans, Filipinos, Egyptians, Ghanaians and Zimbabweans. A lovely bunch to work with in the main, and pretty … (View Post)

Scrapping the 2 child limit on benefits may also helping the longer run by attenuating the declining fertility rate, albeit a modest effect. Remember that for the majority of people on benefits it is… (View Post)