Shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant complained that too few hotels had British staff Labour was today accused of peddling 'xenophobic rhetoric' after a senior frontbencher complained about receptionists in hotels being foreign. In controversial remarks, Labour’s shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant said it ‘would be nice’ to go into a hotel in this country which had a British receptionist. He said he was ‘angry’ at employers for failing to train and employ Brits, relying instead on people from Latvia and Estonia. But the Tories said the comments were proof that Ed Miliband's party was 'confused' on the issue of immigration and was 'cynically' trying to grab headlines.
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Chris Bryant says employers are forced to hire Estonians and Latvians
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Says he is 'angry' about the lack of jobs in tourism for young Brits
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Row comes amid fears of an influx of Bulgarians and Romanians next year
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