Whilst it has already been shown that EU nationals will, on average, have a positive impact on the government’s budget a big problem still remains; is there just too many people for British infrastructure to cope?
It is widely agreed that massive parts of British infrastructure are being stretched to their very limits by the increase in non-British citizens making use of things such as NHS and education. According to the Office of National Statistics it is very real possibility that Britain’s population could increase by 20 million over the next 50 years . As it is the NHS is critically understaffed to the point that it is a safety hazard for the patients in the wards. 43% of hospitals were operating at a staff level under “safe staffing” levels, …show more content…
In terms of just operating day-to-day it’s already complicated as the Telegraph estimates that across pupils in primary education, 17% do not speak English as their first language . This makes it so much harder for teachers just to teach because they have to worry about the pupils do not speak English naturally as a result may find it harder to understand concept’s in English. This will require extra care and attention that is already lacking with the increasing class sizes in Britain- it is now estimated that the average class size (disregarding private schools) is now 26. This figure is the 5th highest out of 33 countries sampled with only China, Japan, Chile and Israel have bigger class sizes . This problem will only be made worse by increased amounts of migrants coming into Britain as their children will be going to British schools which itself will cause bigger class sizes. And due to the extra time needed in order to give those children an acceptable standard of education children in already massive classes will receive even less one-on-one teaching …show more content…
They can offer higher wages in order to incentivise more people to look at teaching as a viable career, however, which with 1.3 million people currently employed in English schools alone would cost the government billions and inevitably result in costs being cut in other sectors. Or they could reduce the requirements for teachers to find a job (about 96% of teachers now hold a degree of some sorts) however, the cost of this, while not financial, could be equally if not more impactful of Britain as a world power. Because if the government begin to allow substandard level of education it’s inevitable that Britain will suffer as a consequence. It could result in higher levels of unemployment as companies look abroad in order to find better skilled labour which as a result would cost the government more on benefits such as JSA. It would also likely lead to a reduction in the levels of FDI in Britain as it will no longer be seen as a desirable place to operate from as in the future potential employees won’t be as qualified and the numbers of qualified workers will have dropped. This will mean it will cost even more than it already does to employ British staff because as with near enough everything as supply drops the cost of purchasing these things will
It is widely agreed that massive parts of British infrastructure are being stretched to their very limits by the increase in non-British citizens making use of things such as NHS and education. According to the Office of National Statistics it is very real possibility that Britain’s population could increase by 20 million over the next 50 years . As it is the NHS is critically understaffed to the point that it is a safety hazard for the patients in the wards. 43% of hospitals were operating at a staff level under “safe staffing” levels, …show more content…
In terms of just operating day-to-day it’s already complicated as the Telegraph estimates that across pupils in primary education, 17% do not speak English as their first language . This makes it so much harder for teachers just to teach because they have to worry about the pupils do not speak English naturally as a result may find it harder to understand concept’s in English. This will require extra care and attention that is already lacking with the increasing class sizes in Britain- it is now estimated that the average class size (disregarding private schools) is now 26. This figure is the 5th highest out of 33 countries sampled with only China, Japan, Chile and Israel have bigger class sizes . This problem will only be made worse by increased amounts of migrants coming into Britain as their children will be going to British schools which itself will cause bigger class sizes. And due to the extra time needed in order to give those children an acceptable standard of education children in already massive classes will receive even less one-on-one teaching …show more content…
They can offer higher wages in order to incentivise more people to look at teaching as a viable career, however, which with 1.3 million people currently employed in English schools alone would cost the government billions and inevitably result in costs being cut in other sectors. Or they could reduce the requirements for teachers to find a job (about 96% of teachers now hold a degree of some sorts) however, the cost of this, while not financial, could be equally if not more impactful of Britain as a world power. Because if the government begin to allow substandard level of education it’s inevitable that Britain will suffer as a consequence. It could result in higher levels of unemployment as companies look abroad in order to find better skilled labour which as a result would cost the government more on benefits such as JSA. It would also likely lead to a reduction in the levels of FDI in Britain as it will no longer be seen as a desirable place to operate from as in the future potential employees won’t be as qualified and the numbers of qualified workers will have dropped. This will mean it will cost even more than it already does to employ British staff because as with near enough everything as supply drops the cost of purchasing these things will