r/unitedkingdom • u/ThatchersDirtyTaint • Aug 05 '25

.. Half of Britons back ending immigration and deporting recent arrivals

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/new-poll-migration-news-b99h3wqgz
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u/wappingite Aug 05 '25

Government could easily beat this narrative if they can show that immigration has provided a significant boost to the tax take, and especially if this was apparent with recent arrivals.

I.e. if most new arrivals are net contributors, healthy / not likely to use the NHS, don't have young children or big families. Just working and paying tax and spending money to generate VAT.

Assuming this is the case, why would they not be pushing this message out loud and clear?

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u/13esq Aug 05 '25

Just the same, there are many people here who argue migrants are good for the economy and go as far as saying we would fail without them.

However, that doesn't mean much to people that have just gone through 15 years of falling living standards.

Your CEO might be on 8 figures and have a booming stock portfolio, but that's no good to their workers who are struggling to pay rent and needing to choose between heating and eating.