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Wasn't there a programme on the TV a couple of months ago about illegal immigrants in (or just to the West of) London living in converted sheds/garages?

 

There was also 'Suburban Slumdogs'

 

If you rounded them all up and sent them back home, who would do the work they used to do (at the wages they were paid for doing it?)

 

How would the 'landlords' who lost their slumdog tenants make up the shortfall in their incomes?

 

If the employers (often supermarkets and other low-paying retailers) were obliged to increase their rates of pay and if they passed those costs on to their customers, how many of those British customers would cheerfully dig more deeply into their pockets to pay for their food and how many would complain about yet another rise in food prices?

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Wasn't there a programme on the TV a couple of months ago about illegal immigrants in (or just to the West of) London living in converted sheds/garages?

 

There was also 'Suburban Slumdogs'

 

If you rounded them all up and sent them back home, who would do the work they used to do (at the wages they were paid for doing it?)

 

How would the 'landlords' who lost their slumdog tenants make up the shortfall in their incomes?

 

If the employers (often supermarkets and other low-paying retailers) were obliged to increase their rates of pay and if they passed those costs on to their customers, how many of those British customers would cheerfully dig more deeply into their pockets to pay for their food and how many would complain about yet another rise in food prices?

 

That would need a government with the balls to get the unemployed into these jobs.

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Wasn't there a programme on the TV a couple of months ago about illegal immigrants in (or just to the West of) London living in converted sheds/garages?

 

There was also 'Suburban Slumdogs'

 

If you rounded them all up and sent them back home, who would do the work they used to do (at the wages they were paid for doing it?)

 

How would the 'landlords' who lost their slumdog tenants make up the shortfall in their incomes?

 

If the employers (often supermarkets and other low-paying retailers) were obliged to increase their rates of pay and if they passed those costs on to their customers, how many of those British customers would cheerfully dig more deeply into their pockets to pay for their food and how many would complain about yet another rise in food prices?

 

A valid point, if we didn't have a NMW. But we do, so it's not, so lets just get them on their way rather than have them screwing up things still further by having the grey economy impinge on the legit economy with all that means for reduced tax takes.

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Wasn't there a programme on the TV a couple of months ago about illegal immigrants in (or just to the West of) London living in converted sheds/garages?

 

 

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If the employers (often supermarkets and other low-paying retailers) were obliged to increase their rates of pay and if they passed those costs on to their customers, how many of those British customers would cheerfully dig more deeply into their pockets to pay for their food and how many would complain about yet another rise in food prices?

 

At the moment they are being subsidised by family tax-credit, housing benefit etc etc-so we tax payers are already subsidising cheaper food and fat profits for the larger supermarkets. I try to avoid this by buying ethically when I can.

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The 'Suburban Slumdogs' article appeared in October.

 

How long does it take to either:

 

1. Get the local authorities/police/Border Agency/ government to act?

 

or

 

2. Get rid of the present incompetent income-bents and replace them with people who will act?

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