Britain’s face is changing. More than half of all babies born in London last year were the children of foreign-born mothers. Across England and Wales, the figure was approaching a quarter.
Recent polls, including the Ipsos Mori political monitor, last month, have put immigration at number one in the public’s list of concerns. This used to be a polite way for people to tell pollsters that they were racists.
Yet race is no longer the issue: not since the arrival of more than 600,000 white Eastern Europeans after the expansion of the European Union in 2004, in what has become the biggest-ever influx of foreigners to our shores.
After a decade of broadly pro-immigration policies, Labour is on the defensive. Jacqui Smith’s appointment as Home Secretary in June surprised Westminster, but she knows why Gordon Brown chose her for the job
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