The detail that we don’t know could be vital in answering the question.
It’s not good for a country to rely so heavily on foreign labour. To change it though will mean a long term commitment to improving pay and working conditions while also giving more thought to state education and workplace training.
In an ideal situation yes, but the fact is if we did that then you're going to see the NHS collapse under the pressure and old and vulnerable people are going to not have the care and dignity they deserve because there will be nowhere near enough staff to care for them (there already isn't).
Trouble with that is that you tend to find those places end up being very very deprived and full of problems. Hence why they try and mix the social and owned houses so there is (in theory) more self regulation.
As I said above, Reform would likely be no different. Their last manifesto pretty much said as much. And if they did take any action none of it would be effective as they'd go for the easy targets, not the complex root causes.
I think Brits also need to accept they themselves have been part of the problem.
They're only very deprived because after the 1970s government policy moved from housing for anybody who wanted it to a "needs based" prioritisation, in the context of right to buy.
Besides that we are stripping poor countries of people they have trained. I don't think the labour pool is too small here but for various reasons there are too many people who turn their nose up at socially rewarding jobs. There is also an education bar to some jobs, perfectly capable and motivated people can be excluded because they are not suited to getting a degree.
Theres British people, out of work, who feel they are entitled to a certain kind of job. They are too proud to do those jobs which are usually filled by immigrants.
Japan are trying to overcome the problem with technological approaches.
Just got back from Romania, pretty much all the service workers there were Romanian. If the native population is prepared to do the jobs you're less reliant on immigrants
It’s the woke left who have corrupted the immigration system either by ignorance or design or by advocating lunacy so they look good in front of their similarly sad friends.
Lot of British people with “mental health” issues who can’t work. Some just need to get over themselves, some have genuine issues.
But when you have developed a system over generations telling people there is no society and the only important thing is money and possessions is it hardly surprising they don't want to do low paid, menial and often physically and emotionally demanding jobs. We're also telling kids to become educated and then wonder why they say they don't want to do jobs like this.
Where’s your evidence?
I'd say a big part of that is having an economy where most people are struggling to get by even though both partners are working (often long hours) and can't afford to buy a house will there being very few social houses available so you're at the mercy of a profit driven private sector.
It’s falling because of economic reasons. Having a child is simply becoming unaffordable. Universal childcare would be a huge help and would also allow women to return to full time work sooner.
Well, firstly their last manifesto, which stated they wouldn't be limiting immigration for certain sectors like the NHS and social care, which makes up a large amount of immigration.
So zero evidence, just your opinion.
Given that mental health services are on their knees after years of austerity how do you propose we establish who needs to 'get over themselves' and who has genuine issues.
An opinion backed up by written party policies and previous situations where Farage claimed to have the answers only it turned out he didn't and it just made things worse.
Bingo, this is also a large part in why young people are reluctant to take jobs with shit pay & conditions. They think what's the point in killing myself for a job I'll hate when I still won't be able to afford a decent standard of living and that then feeds in to the high level of mental health issues that generation reports.
There is some truth in that. But how many houses would we need to build to be able to give housing on a first come first served basis rather than needs based. And how long would that take?
There is that also yes, but women undoubtedly stay part time for longer because of childcare issues.
