ANTHONY BUTLER: Labour and hospitals do not come in heaps and lumps
Immigrants add opportunities for employment and their taxes help the state extend services
25 August 2022 - 15:34
In difficult times, it is little wonder that people believe that the opportunities of others come at the cost of their own exclusion.
When we are under stress, we imagine a fixed stock of hospital beds, subsidised houses, and school places. When others occupy them, surely we are denied what we deserve?..
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