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The migration system isn't broken, so there's no need for a brake

18 August 2016

More jobs but lower living standards: that's been how most people have experienced Britain's economic performance since the financial crisis. ... The London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance has referred to it as the longest sustained fall in average pay since the 1930s. Average real wages fell by 10 per cent between 2007 and 2015.

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