I agree with Faisal above about legalising immigrants already here. Instead of asking new 'best' and 'brightest' (read richest) immigrants to come here, let's provide better conditions and reception for asylum seekers and refugees forced to come here fleeing conflict or economic migrants who escape desperate poverty only to face prejudice, poverty, often imprisonment, and invest resources that would otherwise be used to attract these so called best and brightest to ensure migrants already here can integrate and contribute to society which the majority want .Let's focus instead on making life in the UK fairer and more decent for ALL the most vulnerable and impoverished among us. Build more social housing and schools for all, provide more language classes for new arrivals, build more community centres, information and learning centres open to all in the community. Those given better chances and encouraged to grow, will soon become 'best' and 'brightest'.

sarah, london,

You have already more than 500,000 illegal immigrants who are working, you fools. Regularise them and stop acting like real Labour spinners

Faisal, B'ham, UK

This is ridiculous; there is just not the info structure to handle increased numbers of people.
House prices are already out of reach to many young people, who are trying to take a step onto the property ladder. This is simply going to add fresh demand pushing prices even higher.
And for gods sakes isn’t most peoples wealth tied into the value of their house.
What happens when to us when we don’t have that asset that many people enjoy today?
Also this will add additional traffic to the already congested roads and the public transport cant cope with the current demand.
Don’t you think its time for us to fix what is already here rather then make the situation worse!!??

I am an exasperated 27 year old graduate living in Kent with no hope of getting on the property market.
Thank God I love my mum - but this is embarrassing still living with her.

Kate Browne, Tonbridge, Kent

This is a brilliant decision taken by progressive leaders with a long term vison for the nation.

I am a 40 year old man with 15 years radio broadcasting experiences being wasted since 2002 retrenchment of political victimisation, now working as a Corporate Communications Officer for the biggest cotton buyer, processor and marketer in the Southern Africa region with head office in Harare, Zimbabwe, just to survive.

Charles H.Mumanikidzwa, Harare, Zimbabwe