内容摘要：Over the years, the YaxFest has been supported by the Yaxley Parish Council and last year it was featured in new Monopoly Peterborough edition.

Over the years, the YaxFest has been supported by the Yaxley Parish Council and last year it was featured in new Monopoly Peterborough edition.

- which sets out the government's plan - says the UK economy needs to wean itself off a reliance on cheap overseas labour.While taking questions from journalists, the prime minister claimed the idea immigration leads to higher economic growth "doesn't hold".

Economists do not agree about the exact impact that simply adding more people to an economy has on growth and prosperity.New arrivals might increase the country's overall level of economic activity - measured by GDP. But on a per-person basis, GDP could be stagnant or falling. Also a larger population puts more pressure on demand for public services and housing.However, if immigrants are filling important gaps in the labour market which would otherwise not be filled - especially jobs that require specific skills - then economists generally think that immigrants can boost GDP per head and general prosperity.

that increased migration generally increases economic growth but "the size of this impact and the effect on per person living standards is highly uncertain".The OBR's point about growth per person is important because the government has made growth of this measure a key priority.

There are gaps in our labour market which have been substantially filled by migrants in recent years, most notably social care.

And there were still estimated to beDetails of the public information events, the first of which is on 27 February, can be found

Speed bumps that a councillor complains are too high and are "scraping" vehicles will not be fixed, highways bosses have said.Essex Highways had said work to adjust the series of humps in Hawthorn Avenue, Colchester, and a discrepancy of 2cm (0.8in), were scheduled for April.

But after a reinspection, the Conservative-run highways authority said there was "no intent to alter" as they met the "standard height"."They're clearly too high," local Labour councillor Tim Young said.