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Immigration cap will be introduced permanently next year
Cable widens immigration divide

By Alex Stevenson Britain’s introduction of an immigration cap is the subject of an ongoing debate within the coalition government, Vince Cable has said. The Liberal Democrat business secretary’s comments in India, where business figures and officials have voiced concern about the artificially-imposed upper limit to non-EU immigration, are the first high-profile admission that the… Read more »

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Alan Simpson is Friends of the Earth's sustainable energy advisor
Comment: For Huhne the bells toll

In his ‘2050 Pathways’ statement, energy and climate change secretary Chris Huhne has issued a clarion call for rapid transformation into a renewable energy future. To carry on as we are would “risk having a dead economy, lagging behind those with the foresight to grab a share of growth in green industries”. By Alan Simpson… Read more »