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Labour mobility looks like it is here to stay

By Andrew Taylor, Employment Correspondent

Published: August 14 2008 03:00 | Last updated: August 14 2008 03:00

One of the fascinations of walking the teeming streets of the great city of London is to observe the plethora of languages and cultures you encounter.

For centuries, as Britain's financial and trading centre, it has attracted foreigners who want to live, work and invest here. But it has seldom been a one-way street, more of a revolving door, with British engineers, financiers and entrepreneurs just as likely to be lured abroad.

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