Rich I think you are missing a few, of what I consider, important points in your reply to Lord B. and Liz. These immigrant workers have not contributed to this country regarding taxes, etc. like I have for all my working life and even now being retired I am paying tax on my pension. They have only recently entered this country and are expecting to be given the same benefits as someone born here. If they are working and contributing to the tax, etc., system then fair enough.
As far as taking our citizen's jobs they will work for far less pay than the average British citizen but the pay they do receive is more than they would have had back home in their native country. Would you be prepared to take a cut in wages and work longer hours if your boss turned around and said to you that either you work for less money and greater hours or you are out of work because he can get a foreign worker in to do the same job but for less money and longer hours.
This country over the years have fought long and hard via the trade unions to get decent wages and working conditions for our people and then these foreigners come in and abuse the system thereby putting our people out of work.
It is the same when companies close down in this country and take their buisiness abroad for lower wages such as Burberry and now today Remploy. Without hurting the feelings of Remploy employees what manufacturing employer will make alterations to their buildings and working patterns to employ physically/mentally handicapped people at the same rate of pay as an able bodied employee. It is obvious that they will not be able to work at the same pace as the fully fit worker thereby production will be reduced, costs rise and the next thing the factory closes and the work is out sourced to cheap foreign country labour.