Downing Street Hiring £117,800 Migration Director to ‘Develop New Policies’ – Guido Fawkes

Downing Street Hiring £117,800 Migration Director to ‘Develop New Policies’

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Over the last seven days 1,497 migrants have crossed the English Channel in small boats. The figure for this year so far at 4,131 is the highest ever…

Maybe it’s with that in mind that Downing Street has begun to advertise for a new migration tsar in the policy unit to work “at the very heart of government, advising the Prime Minister and the No 10 team on migration and resettlement policy.” The “rare and exciting opportunity” has a wide brief:

• Leading on the migration and resettlement brief in the Policy Unit.
• Leading on the relationship with the Home Office and other impacted Whitehall departments in relation to migration and resettlement.
• Developing new and innovative policies across the Prime Minster’s priority areas, working with colleagues in the Cabinet Office and across Whitehall to ensure they are driven forward.
• Playing a corporate leadership role across the Policy Unit and No 10.

For that Downing Street is offering its new Deputy Director, Migration (No10 Policy Unit) £76,000-£117,800 and a £22,017 gold-plated benefit scheme. A rapid hiring deadline – apply by Wednesday 19 March…

Ironically the role is open to EU nationals as well as Turkish nationals. While it insists its plan on migration is working the government is hiring someone to come up with a new one…