Soames: The government is 'in denial' about immigration

Monday, 20, Jul 2009 10:24

Nicholas Soames MP, co-chair of the cross party group on balanced migration, comments on the primary school places shortfall:

"The need to increase funding for primary schools is a direct result of mass immigration feeding into our population.

"The number of births to foreign mothers has risen by 65 per cent since 2001 while the number of births to UK born mothers has only risen by 6.4 per cent.

"This is a major reason for the pressure on our primary schools but the government remain in denial about the consequences of their losing control of our borders. Instead they refer to 'local circumstances'. This is deliberately misleading."

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Soames: The government is 'in denial' about immigration

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