From next year onwards, a UK employer would have to announce all jobs to British workers in Jobcentre Plus for four running weeks (Up from two)- before these can be thrown open to workers from other nationalities. This should preventing the displacement of UK workers, mainly in IT sector. Do you consider it as a free trade violation ? By my opinion, wester IT professional is endangered species anyway and these steps just prolong its agony.

Blog post with detailed information can be found here:

http://bit.ly/4xUE0H