Revealed: Labour Opened Borders to Eastern Europe to ‘Lower Wage Growth’

Labour opened the door to uncontrolled mass immigration from eastern Europe after then-Bank of England governor Mervyn King “pressed the case” that it would “lower wage growth”, a former senior diplomat has claimed. King, in private conversations with Tony Blair, put forward the case that Britain should neglect to impose transitional controls on migrants from nations which joined the European Union (EU) in 2004, according to Sir Ivan Rogers, the former Labour leader’s private principal secretary at the time.-- More...