yes i tend to agree with you andy,

my wife knows a few filipino couples here who are on workpermits, most are female nurses and thier husbands had to find a job working at night, becuase they cannot afford to pay child care of £125+ a week for each child they have , and remember if your on a workpermit you cannot claim tax creds. , so your talking about £500+ a month for 1 child for child care..

all the bills have gone up by more than inflation, even the price of food has gone up, electric and gas up by more than 10%-15% !!! council tax up.. i'm sure those on workpermits are feeling the pinch... just as i am, and they will have no choice but to send less money back home..

yes i remember we use to buy UPS power supplies and they were made in laguna , i've not seen any for years thou, like everything, its all made in china