Reposted by Pete Jeffrey
John Healey will, according to reports, head into the Budget with a £4bn to £6.5bn chunk of his fiscal headroom having mysteriously gone walkabouts.
The cause? A sharp drop in immigration to the UK.
Almost as though migrants aren’t all just wandering around devouring taxes for shits and giggles.
bearlypolitics.co.uk
Net Migration if Falling - now the Treasury needs to Pay the Bill for it.
After years of promising that fewer migrants would relieve pressure on Britain, Labour is discovering that cutting migration also means cutting workers, taxpayers and economic headroom.