Tag: Immigration

MP Rails Against Cost of Uncontrolled EU Migration

17:06 Thursday 26th April 2012
Drive BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

NICK FAIRBAIRN: The interpretation and translation services provided by Peterborough Crown Court and Peterborough Magistrates Court has almost doubled in the past five years. The cost has risen from £36,447 in 2006/7 to more than £75,000 in the last financial year. MP for Peterborough Stewart Jackson told me earlier it is a big problem. (TAPE)
STEWART JACKSON: It shows that again Peterborough is suffering in terms of the impact without any Government assistance in terms of extra funding of uncontrolled European Union migration. Continue reading “MP Rails Against Cost of Uncontrolled EU Migration”

MP Jackson Wins Extra Cash for Peterborough Schools

17:12 Monday 16th January 2012
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CHRIS MANN: As you’ve just heard in the news, it looks like schools in Peterborough will be given money to help with the growing number of pupils who don’t have English as the first language. The city and its surrounding areas has become a mecca for many Pakistani families, and a growing number of Eastern European families, looking to settle down. It’s made the city one of the most multi-cultural in East Anglia, but has led to pressures in the classroom, with many teachers unavailable to offer extra help to children. So, how badly is this money required? Well joining me now is John Holdich, the Cabinet Member for Schools at Peterborough City Council. John, good evening to you.
JOHN HOLDICH: Good evening.
CHRIS MANN: So this is something you’ve been asking for for a while. Continue reading “MP Jackson Wins Extra Cash for Peterborough Schools”

Victor Aveling

17:20 Thursday 25th August 2011
Drivetime BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

ANDY BURROWS: The latest official figures show there’s been a significant increase in net migration. That’s the difference between the number of people coming to live in the UK, and the number emigrating. The figure was 239,000 last year, a rise of nearly 21% on 2009. Victor Aveling is an asparagus farmer from Cambridgeshire, and he explains why he relies on migrant labour. (TAPE)
VICTOR AVELING: I used to employ all British people, and we had a lot of ladies from the local town picking strawberries and that sort of thing. Over the years it got more and more difficult to recruit. People did not seem to be available to do that work. You would find that people would come and they would work for a day or half a day. That’s enough for them. It’s too hard.
ANDY BURROWS: We know plenty of the arguments don’t we here in Cambridgeshire. That was Victor Aveling, an asparagus farmer speaking to the BBC today.

Victor Aveling is Chairman of the Asparagus Growers Association, and President of the N.E.Cambridgeshire Conservative Association.

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BBC Memes – The Great British Layabout

There is a meme presently circulating that the English are workshy. A great deal of political rhetoric and argument has been built up around this meme, and it is used to justify the current levels of immigration.

Here is a clip from a Timothy Samuels documentary called “The Poles are Coming.” The audio is slightly out of synch, but the words are clear. In it, a short-haired member of the public in blue and white is interviewed standing outside Peterborough JobCentre, opposite the Conservative Club, apparently drinking a can of alcohol. At the beginning of the clip the individual has his hands in his jacket pockets, and there is no sign of the can. Later he is seen to reach round and produce the can. At the end of the clip, he is seen signing a document. Continue reading “BBC Memes – The Great British Layabout”

Divide and Rule – Cameron Plays the Race Card

08:07 Thursday 14th April 2011
Peterborough Breakfast Show
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire

PAUL STAINTON: Top story this morning is all about the speech that has yet to be made. David Cameron is to promise the UK will reduce the level of immigration to 1980s levels, as the result of Government measures. But in a speech later, the Prime Minister will also say the country will always be open to the best and brightest from around the world. He’ll also argue that foreign workers have taken jobs because the welfare system has paid British people not to work. Continue reading “Divide and Rule – Cameron Plays the Race Card”

Changes at New Link

New Link Peterborough is a groundbreaking service that provides guidance and advice to new arrivals in the city, who may not be familiar with the language and culture. Changes in the service now mean that instead of being office-based they will become peripatetic, with four out-reach workers travelling around offering the service at different venues in the city.
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Crown Landlord on Millfield

The new landlord of the Crown Pub in Millfield, Brian Gascoyne, appears as part of the People’s Panel on the Peterborough Breakfast Show to talk about how the Comprehensive Spending Review might affect the local economy. Here he talks about changes seen to the local area and what further reductions in spending might mean.
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Neighbourhood Job Cuts at Peterborough Council

Staff in the Neighbourhoods Department at Peterborough City Council have been told their jobs are at risk of being axed. Paul Phillipson talks to Paul Stainton at 07:35 on Friday 3rd September 2010 in the Peterborough Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
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