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British Politics Who’s Who?. Sir John Major Conservative 1990-1997. Gordon Brown Labour 2007- 2010. Tony Blair Labour 1997- 2007. Years. Baroness Margaret Thatcher Conservative 1979 to 1990. David Cameron Ed Miliband Nick Clegg.
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Sir John Major Conservative 1990-1997 Gordon Brown Labour 2007- 2010 Tony Blair Labour 1997- 2007 Years Baroness Margaret Thatcher Conservative 1979 to 1990
David Cameron Ed Miliband Nick Clegg Prime Minister Head of Opposition Deputy PM
Positions of Parties- Coalition Government 2010- reduce immigration to the “tens of thousands” by the end of the current parliament, in May 2015.
Bring down net immigration to 1990s levels • Ensure only economic migrants who will "bring the most value to the economy" • Support Labour’s Points-Based System, but also establish an annual limit for non-EU economic migrants • Set up a National Border Police Force with the power to stop, search, detain and arrest
Apply controls on migrants next time new countries join the EU • Enforce English language test for anyone coming to the UK to get married • Crack down on student visa abuse • Support community groups based on their effectiveness in countering poverty and deprivation rather than on the basis of ethnicity or faith • Improve availability of English language instruction for migrants.
“too disconnected from the concerns of working people” on immigration.
Continue to tighten the newly-created points-based immigration system • Support the new Border Agency to guard ports and airports • Continued funding for electronic border controls to count people in and out of the country • Expand the Migration Impacts Fund to channel money to parts of the country which take in the most migrants
Introduced compulsory ID cards for foreign nationals • Continue to force employers to advertise skilled vacancies in job centres four weeks before appointing a skilled immigrant from outside the EU • Ensure migrants pass a tough English test before they arrive • Break the automatic link between staying in the UK for a set period and being able to settle or gain citizenship.
Create a National Border Force with police powers & reintroduce exit checks • Assess the needs and resources of UK regions as part of a points-based immigration scheme • Support a common EU asylum policy • Allow asylum seekers to work • End the detention of children in immigration detention centres
Increase cost to business of work permits for immigrant employees to pay for training British workers • "earned route" to citizenship for illegal migrants who have been in the UK for 10 years, have no criminal record and speak English • Review social housing allocation policies to ensure fair treatment • Establish Independent Asylum Agency to improve decision making, and cut appeals
Thursday 22 May there are local council elections & European election on the same day. • only time outside of a general election when all 46 million voters can take part. • The European Parliament is the only directly elected institution in the European Union. • decide who represents you in Brussels and Strasbourg