17/05/2018
“Labour has the chance to debunk the lie that migration is to blame for the problems facing working people, and to change the debate on immigration. Our mass membership party under Jeremy Corbyn has shown it can win hearts and minds to positive new ideas. We can only do so if we abandon the old, discredited strategy of triangulation. Labour has real solutions to the problems facing workers: taking on the entrenched power of the rich, investing in homes, jobs and services, and bringing migrant and British-born workers together in strong unions to drive up wages and improve our lives at work.
“We must set these against Theresa May’s aggressive anti-migrant regime that does nothing to improve life for British workers, and against attempts to withhold the social safety net from migrants. Denying recourse to public funds led to the recent scandal which snatched away children’s school meals, and risks undermining all workers by placing migrant workers at the mercy of unscrupulous, hyper-exploiting employers.”
Labour’s shadow home secretary announced this week that the party would end the so-called ‘hostile environment’ and close down the infamous Yarl’s Wood detention centre MIGRANT RIGHTS campaigners have welcomed a pledge by Labour’s shadow home secretary to end the ‘hostile environment’ ...
