I suspect the number of white british dole claiming scumbags greatly exceeds all other nationalities combined. Certainly the amount of dole money should be reduced, and further payments for children fathered (plural? ) after signing on should be stopped. I mean, if you are unemployed, you shouldn't be bloodly increasing the size of your family, contraception is free in this country ffs!
As far as industry is concerned, i suspect it is ultimately incompatible with the idea of the minimum wage, you can't have it all ways. As the average wage increases, you need to keep on top of science, engineering, and bleeding edge technologies that cheaper countries haven't mastered. The present incumbents have sevearly cut spending in all these areas, while destroying maths and science teaching in schools, so it's no wonder we have fell behind.