UK Election Debate: Spending Cuts and Immigration Issues Ducked

LONDON, April 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Following Thursday's leadership debate, the real scale of cuts needed to tackle the UK's budget deficit and the failure to support immigration are put under the spotlight by Economist Intelligence Unit experts Charles Jenkins and Neil Prothero.

Jenkins says that Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg's claim to be the most honest on public spending bears more scrutiny. Plus, the tough language on immigration doesn't credit those who came to work in the UK in recent years with their role in the economic boom that ended with the credit crunch.

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SOURCE Economist Intelligence Unit

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