Letter: Great strain on schools
That Britain needs to find secondary school places for an extra 547,000 pupils in the next 10 years will certainly dismay millions of British families.
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Responsible parents expect the state to help them provide top quality education for their children, but they are currently hampered from doing so by an irresponsible government which allows uncontrolled immigration into the country, thus squeezing secondary school place availability.
Ukip is the only major party that has raised this issue repeatedly in recent years and believes the current unsustainable levels of migration will cause on-going problems in the future, not just in education but in areas such as healthcare, housing and transport.
I believe the answer lies with Britain becoming a sovereign nation, outside the European Union's political union, with the ability to control the numbers and quality of the people who come here.
James Carver MEP
Ukip West Midlands