It is time to vote Leave the EU

We need to take back control from the EU

Schools are having to turn away British children in order to cope with an influx of Eastern European pupils whose parents have come to work in the UK, the Times (22 May 2016) revealed it has been a real challenge for some schools, having to hire European teaching assistants or bilingual staff from Poland, Slovakia and Lithuania to cope with children speaking no English.

 

The Government and the Remain campaign tell us that EU migrants are here to work, paying their tax and contributing into our economy, but nobody mentions how much the UK spends on child benefits and in-work credit from funds built-up by our working and retired population over a lifetime.  The Prime Minister tells us he has negotiated for EU migrants to delay getting benefits for four years; if it is true, when is that going to start? 

 

In many areas of Peterborough, Boston and Harrow, 100% of pupils do not speak English and millions of pounds are spent on support services and buying different language books and dictionaries to cater for their lack of English.  More distressing for mothers to hear that some schools have put British children on waiting lists, giving priority to Polish pupils from church-going families.  This is dire discrimination against our tax-payers whose children are born and bred in this country.

 

Since 2007 Peterborough has created 8,300 extra school places costing £110million.  When Bulgarians and Romanians were given the right to live and work in the UK, the city has opened one new secondary school and is building a second, as well as planning a third school for children with special educational needs.  No wonder Eastern European children are now higher achievers than our British kids, languishing on waiting lists.

 

Another bias expenditure by this chaotic government: for every child who has been in the UK less than three years, the school gets an extra £1,000 per pupil.  At St. Norbert’s Catholic primary school in Spalding, Lincolnshire, nearly 70% of pupils are from Eastern Europe (eight years ago it was just 17%), which brings in £375,000 a year to pay for extra staff speaking Russian, Polish or Latvian.

 

Meanwhile, due to the Chancellor’s austerity cut, local councils are closing Sure Start Children Centres which are lifelines to young parents and local families struggling to make ends meet while working full time to raise kids and buy their first homes. These centres are important for new parents to learn from each other about child healthcare and ways to cope with difficult babies and sleepless nights, giving them brief respite from isolation and a place where children can play together and learn to share and interact.  Our Treasury should take care not to squander hard-earned taxpayer money on EU member-states who have yet to contribute into our precious welfare.

 

Just think how much we will spend on foreign children with little English, when Turkey, Macedonia and six other waiting countries join the EU, at a time when many of our local youths are finding it hard to find jobs or get on the housing ladder, Eastern Europeans are now getting Council homes and special places in schools ahead of our own nationals. 

 

It is time to put a stop to this topsy-turvy world created by the European Union, bringing chaos into our civilised society, whiles Eastern European countries are overtaking us.  We need to take back control!  It is time to vote Leave on 23^rd June.