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The Great Aussie worker raid!
Western Australia launches cheeky bid to 'steal' more than 30,000 British doctors, nurses, police and teachers Down Under in a nod to the post-World War Two 'Ten Pound Poms' scheme
In a nod to the 'Ten Pound Poms' scheme (bottom) introduced after the Second World War, government and industry officials will visit the UK to lure workers away to fill more than 31,000 vacancies. They are also on the hunt for miners, plumbers, mechanics and builders. They promise hard-working Britons can 'have it all' and boast the UK's energy bills - up to £2,600 this year - will cost almost half in Australia, with the savings spent on 183 pints of beer, 110 roast dinners or 500 jars of Marmite. But with the UK public sector facing staff shortages, the plan has been met with concern. Steve Brine MP, chairman of the Commons health and social care select committee, said: 'Any country is obviously entitled to import health care workers – as we do in the UK from elsewhere – but there's nothing to say our people have to go.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11756093/Western-Australia-bid-lure-30-000-British-doctors-nurses-police-teachers-Under.html
In a nod to the 'Ten Pound Poms' scheme (bottom) introduced after the Second World War, government and industry officials will visit the UK to lure workers away to fill more than 31,000 vacancies. They are also on the hunt for miners, plumbers, mechanics and builders. They promise hard-working Britons can 'have it all' and boast the UK's energy bills - up to £2,600 this year - will cost almost half in Australia, with the savings spent on 183 pints of beer, 110 roast dinners or 500 jars of Marmite. But with the UK public sector facing staff shortages, the plan has been met with concern. Steve Brine MP, chairman of the Commons health and social care select committee, said: 'Any country is obviously entitled to import health care workers – as we do in the UK from elsewhere – but there's nothing to say our people have to go.'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11756093/Western-Australia-bid-lure-30-000-British-doctors-nurses-police-teachers-Under.html