Hmm. Perhaps I should poke my local union, who are of course doing work on this, to find out whether my institution are helping people who'd like it with residency. We got a lot of mails early on, but nothing much since.
I hope that David Bloody Cameron, who got us into this mess, spends the rest of his life afflicted with at least mild annoyance, since he's caused so much of it. (You know, May He Ever Step On Lego In Bare Feet...)