Jeremy Corbyn expressed that he would like to see a maximum earnings limit to make the UK economy more fair and egalitarian. He hinted that the UK may need to make a deal with Europe to preserve single market access on migration issues. Corbyn's planned speech on migration was aimed at protecting working conditions and wage levels for any future migration system after Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn expressed that he would like to see a maximum earnings limit to make the UK economy more fair and egalitarian. He hinted that the UK may need to make a deal with Europe to preserve single market access on migration issues. Corbyn's planned speech on migration was aimed at protecting working conditions and wage levels for any future migration system after Brexit.
Jeremy Corbyn expressed that he would like to see a maximum earnings limit to make the UK economy more fair and egalitarian. He hinted that the UK may need to make a deal with Europe to preserve single market access on migration issues. Corbyn's planned speech on migration was aimed at protecting working conditions and wage levels for any future migration system after Brexit.
Pressed again, he said: I would like to see a maximum earnings
limit, quite honestly, because I think that would be a fairer thing to
do. Because we cannot set ourselves up as being a grossly unequal, bargain basement economy on the shores of Europe. We have to be something that is more egalitarian, gives real opportunities to everybody and properly funds our public services. Asked about proposals from the backbenchers Emma Reynolds and Stephen Kinnock for a two-tier system, with easier paths for skilled migrants and caps on unskilled migrants, Corbyn told Sky he had not formed an opinion yet on their idea. He hinted, however, that the UK might have to make some form of deal with Europe on migration if it wanted to preserve single market access. Im saying lets deal with the issues of exploitation, but also recognise in the article 50 negotiations, Britain is a major trading partner and that is going to have to continue, otherwise jobs are at stake. Earlier, he told Good Morning Britain that his planned speech on migration was not a sea change in his previous thinking, but aimed to give clear definition that we protect the working conditions and wage levels that are here for any migration system post-Brexit. Some companies particularly in the construction industry are making a fortune out of getting rid of workers in this country on one set of pay and conditions and bringing in others to replace them, he said, during his GMB interview. That creates awful tensions in those communities. In his speech in Peterborough, a marginal Tory seat that voted heavily to leave the EU, Corbyn will say his party wants managed migration and to repatriate powers from Brussels that would allow governments to intervene in struggling