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Immigration Reforms Won’t Save ‘A Huge Amount’ Of Money | Paul Johnson

“It doesn’t save a huge amount of money – it may make a small difference to the number of people who see the UK as an attractive destination.”

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Id quite gladly paid 30% tax for a year if it meant millions will go, we then can reduce tax
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Because Mahmood's reforms as they currently stand are weak
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If one looks at the macro numbers of tens/hundreds of billions spent on other things he has a "bit of a point", for example, the welfare bill (not incl. the state pension) is ~£180 billion a year (76%of that going to the White demographic, who are 82% of the UK population) whilst the welfare bill for illegal immigrants is £4B a year (so 4 vs 180 seems small), BUT...any billions saved from the various costs due to illegal immigration can still be used for other important things. For example, I'm pretty sure the MOD would have welcomed that £4B for the Defence Investment Plan (DIP).
Then there's lots of other government departments who could've used that too for certain things. Education, infrastructure, housing, etc. (NHS already gets 10% of the £3 Trillion of GDP so they just need to be more efficient).

Personally I'd like to see that money used to resurface every broken road in the UK and seriously fix the astronomical number of pot holes!! It's like driving a cart down a medievil track these days!
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Another pro-immigration fantasist.
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Missing the point. It’s not JUST about the money.
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We have chronic youth unemployment. How can anyone argue that overseas workers should be prioritised over our own children?
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Of course it will save huge amount of money.
And even if it costs up money, i'd still want it.
because it will save huge amount of British lives.
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Any tax cuts on low earners will go straight back into the economy and be partly taxed there. Plus you get kudos points. Seems like a win.
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Muslim immigration has literally destroyed all big cities. This needs to be addressed. Problem is these people are citizens or even born here. And yet, it has ro be addressed
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2:20 Do you think your presenters will regret their comments given the news that anti-terrorism police are now leading the enquiry?
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@rjw4762 From YouTube ↗ 13 Jul 2026 13
I don't care if it saved the UK £1.50 - Immigration MUST be addressed.
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Unless we reduce the demand on Housing and other areas we will go totally bankrupt that is simple maths.
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I respect Paul's opinion greatly, but it's a pity he didn't bring any evidence to back up his claim about immigrants not being an economic drag. The data from Denmark and Holland demonstrate that non European migrants each cost between €70k and €200k each. I can't believe that we won't see the same patterns. Also, once we factor in the educational cost per child over a school lifetime these costs will surely mount. His snapshot of current cost needs to be extrapolated out to the chain of family migration over a lifetime. Finally, immigration should not only be viewed from a cost perspective, societal cohesion needs to addressed and we have lost that.