Posts Tagged ‘immigration’

Migrant nurse surcharge hike – ‘morally bankrupt’, says RCN

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has warned that the fee for using NHS for nurses from outside the European Economic Area will double to £400 from tomorrow (Jan 2019). This will discourage nurse recruitment at exactly the time the NHS needs them most. RCN acting general secretary Dame Donna Kinnair: ‘These fees can tear […]

“Dog whistle” politics comes back to bite Theresa May.

“Dog whistle” politics is when a politician seeks to carefully use words which artfully imply something it would be outrageous to say outright. The Conservatives admitted using this technique since their notorious “are you thinking what I’m thinking” poster campaign in the 2005 General Election So we shouldn’t be surprised to discover how the Conservative […]