Romanian EU migrants head for London jobs ahead of Olympics
Newspapers reporting a large influx of Eastern European migrants into London ahead of the Olympics, according to ‘officials’.
Elderly woman assaulted in care home by work permit holding Senior Carer
The Care Quality Commission is being criticised for failing to take sufficient action after undercover filming showed an 80-year-old woman being slapped by a migrant care worker.
EU Commissioner calls for end to UK work restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians
EU Commissioner Lazslo Andor has called for a relaxation on work UK restrictions for Eastern Europeans. He wants Britain to act more than 18 months before the official deadline to drop the ban, restricting the access of Bulgarian and Romanian workers to the labour market of the UK…
UK could be one of the world’s biggest shale gas producers
UK offshore reserves of shale gas could exceed one thousand trillion cubic feet (tcf), compared to current rates of UK gas consumption of 3.5 tcf a year, or five times the latest estimate of onshore shale gas of 200 trillion cubic feet reports The Telegraph.
London ‘ideal location’ as Chinese renminbi trading centre says UK Chancellor
UK Chancellor George Osborne believes London is the ideal location for offshore trading in Chinese renminbi (RMB) and wants the capital to become the world’s top destination for the business.
UK unemployment falls by 35,000
UK unemployment has registered its first fall since last spring, according to official figures, and the UK’s largest grocer, TESCO, is creating 20,000 additional jobs.
Students applying for UK visas from Pakistan face new English language test
Pakistani students seeking UK student visas have been singled out for a new language tests after border checks suggested that as many as 40 per cent of them had falsified their application forms.
How much can Poles earn in the UK compared to back home?
EU workers from countries such as Poland, Bulgaria and Romania have come to the UK in large numbers because they know they can easily find work because many British born do not want to take minimum wage jobs or jobs which require unsocial hours.
Immigration adviser jailed for visa scam
An immigration advisor who masterminded a scam which allowed people to stay in the UK illegally has been jailed for seven years.
Church of England Vicar and fixer jailed for London sham marriages
A vicar has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for his role in about 200 sham marriages that took place in an east London church, the BBC reports.
