Miliband urges cut in migration of low-skilled
Migration by low-skilled workers into the UK is too high and action must be taken to reduce it, Labour leader Ed Miliband said yesterday.
Mr Miliband identified immigration as one of the areas where New Labour made mistakes in government, as he came under pressure to explain how he would do things differently.
In an end-of-conference interview with the BBC, the Doncaster North MP said he was concerned about British workers being under-cut by migrants on less than the minimum wage. “In terms of low-skill migration, I think it is too high and I think we need to do something about it.”
Mr Miliband was dismissive of the Government’s cap on immigration, which does not include migration by EU nationals.
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