Drugs, skills, and immigration: National's difficult balancing act
This is the current difficulty for Mr English: economically, the pressures are for more immigration; politically the pressures are for less immigration.
Two broad factors, one economic and one political, are pushing Prime Minister Bill English’ comments about drug use affecting the ability of New Zealanders to get jobs.
The economic one first: the job market is tighter than it was, and is getting even tighter.
Business sentiment surveys have,
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Drugs, skills, and immigration: National's difficult balancing act
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