The Home Secretary says the Government is starting a crack-down on illegal working - the Black Economy. About time too - this is only about 35 years too late. Work in the black economy is one of the magnets that pulls economic migrants to the UK. Along with other things like promises of benefits, housing, healthcare etc. Sadly I have very low expectations of this Government. The 'crackdown' is likely to consist of a few filmed raids for the electorate to see, followed by endless court cases and appeals. Ultimately it will fizzle out. The problem is now so deep rooted and ingrained in British society that only a radical change of Authority will be able to tackle it. In Italy of the 1920's no Government could smash the Mafia until Benito Mussolini rose to power. In Britain it will take a similar revolution to dismantle the Black economy. The way things are going, there may be one on the way within the next decade.
