So what's Labour's strategy on migration?
Well, Yvette Cooper has high-skilled migrants in her sights as she wonders if skill shortages in key sectors like IT & engineering might be filled in different ways....
Well, the answer is two fold:
* Get these firms to invest in training!
* Get them to offer better work conditions.
But in the end for the young (at least) being part of a global labour markets may still offer more advantages than disadvantages for the UK?
As someone in that sector, I think there are a number of key problems, specifically around the educational side. Computer Science is the degree course most people do, yet what people really want is Computer Engineers.
It's very much like trying to have Physics graduates roll into an Electronic Engineering job. They might posses the underlying knowledge in theory, but they lack any of the practical skills.
Plus lots of (big) companies have got very used to paying large consultancies for poor outcomes, mostly driven by perceived cost savings per head on paper.
Taking a serious look at the internal company transfer visas would not be stupid, people get treated badly for capitalists gains.
