If you look at the NHS, this is clearly happening because training is so expensive here (the govt pay for it). Easier to hire someone from West Africa or East A

If you look at the NHS, this is clearly happening because training is so expensive here (the govt pay for it). Easier to hire someone from West Africa or East Asia whose training cost £1k than hire someone from the UK who will require, at least, £50k+ for training (and ofc, when Covid hit...some of these people just left). This is multi-faceted. The rise in health problems is related to the collapse in the NHS. Early retirement was related to the Covid stimmy (and you are seeing people come back). There is a massive issue with training, with how companies hire...but it is also the case that high levels of immigration aren't helping (particularly at the low-skill end, the NLW is £10/hour...how are you supposed to compete with someone who will work for £3/hour cash-in-hand because they have govt-subsidized accommodation and don't pay tax). I don't see how this gets fixed. If you talk to most Brits they will tell you that H2/21 was the best labour market for workers for years, there was unprecedented job switching...that happened to follow a period when immigration was low, ignoring this kind of stuff because you think immigration is always good (it isn't for the countries that are left with no workers either) is committing the same error that you accuse others of.