What would happen if Britain deported two million workers?

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What would actually happen if the UK deported two million people in three years, as Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain political party proposes? In this video, I look at the real economics and not the slogans. - NHS staffing and social care would collapse - Construction and food supply would face massive disruption - We'd have falling GDP and tax revenues - And there would be rising inflation, and austerity This is not immigration policy. It is economic self-harm driven by a politics of hate. A politics of care offers a real alternative: investment in social care, strengthening social security, training workers, taxing wealth fairly, and rebuilding the capacity Britain actually needs. Take a look at our poll below: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxrnyrGL6dFWwIczqlEKyuCnGO5rinxRTW 00:00 What if Britain deported 2 million people? 00:35 Rupert Lowe / Restore Britain and “10% support” claim 01:15 Two routes: mass deportations + “hostile environment” 02:05 Why this is economics (not just immigration): care crisis + GDP shock 02:50 The scale: ~700,000 forced out per year + negative migration 03:45 UK already has labour shortages (especially skilled roles) 04:35 Fragile economy with no spare capacity: NHS, care, housing, education 05:25 Adult social care would fail first: fewer packages, more family burden 06:25 NHS knock-on: delayed discharges, rising costs, worsening outcomes 07:20 Gendered impact: unpaid care shifts to women 08:05 NHS staffing reality: migrants across roles + rising racist abuse risk 09:10 Wider breakdown: construction, food supply, hospitality, transport 10:20 Universities: visas + overseas staff underpin teaching capacity 11:05 “Economy slows to a stop”: housing build stalls, processing bottlenecks 11:55 Wage push effect: higher costs → inflation → austerity → managed decline 12:45 GDP + tax base shrink: income tax, NI, VAT fall as workers leave 13:25 The £57bn enforcement cost + labour diverted into deportation apparatus 14:10 People won’t “neatly leave”: disappearance, exploitation, fear, illegality 15:05 End state: poorer, harsher, brittle society; rationed care; jammed NHS 15:45 Real fix: rebuild capacity—care, training, pay, fiscal policy, tax wealth 16:05 Close: “You can’t deport your way to prosperity” + politics of care TRANSCRIPT A transcript for this video is available at: https://www.taxresearch.org.uk IF YOU WANT TO WRITE TO YOUR MP ABOUT ISSUES IN THIS VIDEO If you want to write a letter to your MP on the issues raised in this blog post, there is a ChatGPT prompt to assist you in doing so, with full instructions, here. https://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06/20/chatgpt-prompt-for-a-letter-to-your-mp/ HOW TO SUPPORT US Please consider donating: https://ko-fi.com/taxresearch ABOUT RICHARD MURPHY Richard Murphy is Emeritus Professor of Accounting Practice at Sheffield University Management School. He is director of Tax Research LLP and the author of the Funding the Future blog. His best-known book is ‘The Joy of Tax’. This video was edited by Thomas Murphy. RICHARD MURPHY ON BLUESKY: https://bsky.app/profile/richardjmurphy.bsky.social OR ON MY BLOG: http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/ HIT SUBSCRIBE & GET NOTIFICATIONS Subscribe and get notified of new videos released. INTRODUCTION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdHsRPy3060 PLAYLISTS: The Wealth Series https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgobQLeyZYAagFDMjEFTKbhRD Ecenomics https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgob54Gs-fOL-8OAQ-IpduwB4 Britain https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgobwTT4ATvJjsf8OO6S7wD10 Tax https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgoaMni_12J6ULp3yUJisUZoY MMT https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgoZ6jvRGSW5YXu8qogE6aClX Money https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgoYnLk1c7syTvoIo8bKYUs5m Climate Change https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgob4_wsYaVivWd2WumpPLYwJ USA https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgoYYd3dSyU2Oyl3x7bWJOP7H Labour https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgoa-KhzG-fnjDSg1WROL1zMw The Trump Administration https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvRueM6wBgobz41-GLimTho27A3flVWQx #FundingTheFuture #RichardMurphy #RupertLowe #RestoreBritain #MassDeportations #HostileEnvironment #UKPolitics #ImmigrationUK #NHS #SocialCare #CareCrisis #LabourShortage #WorkforceCrisis #UKEconomy #GDP #Inflation #Austerity #PublicServices #HousingCrisis #ConstructionUK #FoodSupply #HospitalityUK #TransportWorkers #UniversityFunding #TaxBase #FiscalPolicy #WealthTax #Inequality #PoliticsOfCare #PoliticsOfHate #DemocraticAccountability