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2 weeks ago | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images If Labour want to alleviate pressures on house prices and rents, they need to get tougher on migration If migration hits 340,000 per annum – we'll need to build 1.78m houses over a five-year parliament Net migration accounted for 94% of England's housing deficit over the last decade The best thing about this Government – perhaps the only good thing at all – is the ambition to build 1.5 million...
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3 weeks ago | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Photo: Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images Photo: Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images Labour's rhetoric is promising, but the devil is in the detail The Government has conceded that mass migration is no guarantee of growth The Overton window is shifting, but much of Labour's white paper is shambolic In a twist few would have expected in recent years, Labour are attempting to position themselves as the party to successfully control migration. Today, the Prime Minister launched his white paper on...
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1 month ago | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Statue of Queen Anne at St Paul's Cathedral. Photo: Getty ImagesStatue of Queen Anne at St Paul's Cathedral.
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2 months ago | 
telegraph.co.uk | Karl Williams
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
conservativehome.com | Karl Williams
Karl Williams is Research Director at the Centre for Policy Studies. A new report by the Government’s fiscal watchdog about the long-term outlook for tax and spending makes for deeply depressing reading – although it does at least cast official doubt on the last few remaining pro-mass migration shibboleths.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Since 2021, we have issued over 3.64 million migrant visas – but just 0.6% went to scientists and engineers We need an immigration system where overall numbers are lower and standards are higher Despite promises of more selective immigration, we have seen the oppositeOne of the most common misconceptions in the immigration debate is that cutting back on numbers means cutting back on skilled migrant workers. But this couldn’t be further from the truth.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Photo: Carl Court/Getty ImagesPhoto: Carl Court/Getty Images The Tories' proposals on migration are welcome – but there's more to be done In addition to a cap, Parliament should vote on a migration budget each year All parties need to be clearer about how much migration they think Britain needsNet migration this Parliament has exceeded two million, equating to immigration-driven population growth of 3% in just four years – twice the rate of the 2010s, and seven times the rate of the 1990s.
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May 20, 2024 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
Photo: Getty Images Economic forecasters cannot be beyond criticism if they are underperforming Recently, the OECD has consistently underestimated the UK's GDP growth We should take international organisations' alarmist growth predictions with a pinch of saltThis piece was originally published on the Centre for Policy Studies’ new monthly newsletter, which you can sign up to here.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
capx.co | Karl Williams
The ONS' migration projections have consistently fallen short Incorrect net migration figures are informing Britain's economic policy The fallibility of net migration projections may reflect a reality in which we've lost control of our bordersThis piece was originally published on the Centre for Policy Studies’ new monthly newsletter, which you can sign up to here.
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Jan 29, 2024 | 
express.co.uk | Karl Williams
Remoaner protesters (Image: Getty)It’s been eight years since the referendum and four years since we actually left the EU, and still the Remoaners harp on about the supposed economic damage of Brexit. Yet the hard data shows they were wrong then and remain wrong now. From the moment the referendum campaign began, we were told that Brexit would be economically disastrous. Hence the Treasury forecast of an immediate ‘DIY recession’ following a vote to leave.
