Austerity is a Tory policy ... I don't know about the rest, but Labor hasn't been in power for awhile.
> there is a perception in these communities – false though it may be – that 'immigrants from the EU' come to the UK and 'take jobs
That's the propaganda. Social services are reduced by Tory austerity, and then they blame the immigrants. Similar things happen in other places in Europe, especially blaming immigrants.
> That's not really the case. ...
Austerity is a Tory policy ... I don't know about the rest, but Labor hasn't been in power for awhile.
> there is a perception in these communities – false though it may be – that 'immigrants from the EU' come to the UK and 'take jobs
That's the propaganda. Social services are reduced by Tory austerity, and then they blame the immigrants. Similar things happen in other places in Europe, especially blaming immigrants.