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Cutting UK immigration could cost Treasury billions
Original: Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams
Guardian columnist Zoe Williams argues that reducing immigration to the UK would leave a multi-billion-pound hole in public finances, since migrants contribute disproportionately to tax revenues relative to the public services they use. Her piece challenges the political push to cut migration, asking whether Britain can absorb the fiscal cost of such a policy.
Why now: Immigration policy is a live political debate in the UK, and the fiscal argument adds a contested economic angle.
Zoe WilliamsThe GuardianUnited KingdomUK Treasury
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- Cutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams · The Guardian
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