UK unveils tough new rules designed to cut immigrant numbers
1 year ago

UK unveils tough new rules designed to cut immigrant numbers

Associated Press  

LONDON — The British government announced tough new immigration rules Monday that it says will reduce the number of people able to move to the U.K. each year by hundreds of thousands. The government also said it would scrap a rule that lets employers in sectors on a “shortage occupation list” pay immigrant workers 20% less than U.K. citizens. Starting in January, most foreign graduate students also will no longer be able to bring family members to the U.K. Cleverly said the new measures would reduce by 300,000 the number of people eligible to move to Britain in future years. Revised figures released last month by the Office for National Statistics said net migration to the U.K. — the number of people arriving minus those leaving — was a record 745,000 in 2022.

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Record numbers of migrants living in Britain are jobless
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Record numbers of migrants living in Britain are jobless

Daily Mail  

Record numbers of migrants living in Britain are not working, costing taxpayers an estimated £8 billion, a report warns today. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has paused the Conservatives' plan to increase the income needed to bring a foreign partner to the UK from £29,000 to £38,700, and her main new policy is to reduce employers' reliance on overseas workers by …

Migrant work and student visa applications plummet after Conservative rules change
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Migrant work and student visa applications plummet after Conservative rules change

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} The number of …

Reform migrant tax plan would force employers to pay more for foreign workers
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Reform migrant tax plan would force employers to pay more for foreign workers

The Telegraph  

Britain wants new solutions to immigration crisis For decades now, Britain’s economy has been hooked on cheap foreign labour, driving down wages and lowering our productivity. This is why Reform is proposing a new employer immigration tax to incentivise businesses to employ British workers over their foreign counterparts. Under Reform’s employer immigration tax, businesses will have to pay a higher …

Huge drop in health and social care worker visa applications could ‘destabilise’ sector, leaders warn
7 months ago

Huge drop in health and social care worker visa applications could ‘destabilise’ sector, leaders warn

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. New provisional data released by the Home Office on …

'Businesses need to hire an extra 300,000 British workers' following the clampdown on immigration - as plans to train up the unemployed for jobs in hospitality, construction and care to be unveiled
7 months ago

'Businesses need to hire an extra 300,000 British workers' following the clampdown on immigration - as plans to train up the unemployed for jobs in hospitality, construction and care to be unveiled

Daily Mail  

Businesses will today be told they need to recruit an extra 300,000 British workers a year following a clampdown on immigration. Work and pensions secretary Mel Stride will today unveil plans for a new push to train up the unemployed to take jobs in sectors that currently recruit heavily abroad, including hospitality, construction and care. A new ministerial taskforce has …

Block asylum seekers from working to make UK less attractive, says Robert Jenrick
10 months, 1 week ago

Block asylum seekers from working to make UK less attractive, says Robert Jenrick

The Telegraph  

Bans on asylum seekers working in the UK should be extended to make the country less attractive to illegal migrants, the former immigration minister said. Speaking during a trip to southern Texas, Robert Jenrick warned Britain must learn a lesson from the chaos engulfing America’s 1,950-mile border with Mexico, where almost 2.5 million illegal crossings occurred last year alone. He …

Britain’s workforce crisis deepens as one in five employers struggle to fill roles
10 months, 1 week ago

Britain’s workforce crisis deepens as one in five employers struggle to fill roles

The Telegraph  

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research warned last week that businesses have become “frustrated” with British workers. The number of firms registering to become sponsors to hire abroad has doubled since 2022, as more than nine million people of working age have dropped out of the jobs market. “Employer attention is shifting from helping staff weather the cost-of-living …

U.K. tightens immigration rules to curb record high migrant numbers
1 year ago

U.K. tightens immigration rules to curb record high migrant numbers

The Hindu  

U.K. Home Secretary James Cleverly, on Monday, announced a significant tightening of the country’s immigration policy, in an attempt to curb migration which has been at record highs. This week’s measures would render some 3,00,000 would-be immigrants under the current rules, ineligible to move to the U.K. once the new policy kicks in, as per the Home Office. Net migration …

Britain unveils tough new rules designed to cut immigrant numbers
1 year ago

Britain unveils tough new rules designed to cut immigrant numbers

LA Times  

The British government announced tough new immigration rules Monday that it says will reduce the number of people able to move to the U.K. each year by hundreds of thousands. The government also said it would scrap a rule that lets employers in sectors on a “shortage occupation list” pay immigrant workers 20% less than U.K. citizens. Starting in January, …

Scrap rules allowing foreign workers to be hired for 20pc less, No 10 urged
1 year, 2 months ago

Scrap rules allowing foreign workers to be hired for 20pc less, No 10 urged

The Telegraph  

Employers should be barred from recruiting foreign workers at below the market rate for pay to force them to recruit British staff, a Government-commissioned report has recommended. The MAC said scrapping the rules would help to prevent companies undercutting UK domestic worker pay rates by employing foreigners and combat the exploitation of migrants. The committee said it was not convinced …

War and economy push immigration to Britain to record high in 2022
1 year, 6 months ago

War and economy push immigration to Britain to record high in 2022

Associated Press  

LONDON — The number of people moving to Britain reached a record high of more than 600,000 in 2022, government figures showed Thursday, sparking renewed debate about the scale of immigration and its impact on the U.K. Net migration – the difference between the number of people arriving and those leaving – was 606,000 for the year, according to the …

Foreign students and their dependents could face curbs as net migration hits half a million
2 years, 1 month ago

Foreign students and their dependents could face curbs as net migration hits half a million

The Telegraph  

Other options could include a clamp down on students exploiting the two-year graduate visas to remain in the UK doing low-skilled work and increasing the salary threshold for skilled workers, which has not been uprated in line with inflation. It is vital we restore public confidence and take back control of our borders.” Migration is high but UK job vacancies …

Brexit promised to ‘take back control’. Now foreign nationals are arriving in their droves
2 years, 3 months ago

Brexit promised to ‘take back control’. Now foreign nationals are arriving in their droves

The Telegraph  

That comes on top of the 6.7 million applications by EU citizens already in the UK who have applied for settled status, of which 6.5 million have been concluded, according to Thursday's data. It is not surprising that John Hayes, a former Home Office minister and the chairman of the Tory Common Sense group, believes the next prime minister - …

Worker shortages: UK businesses urge post-Brexit immigration rule change
3 years, 2 months ago

Worker shortages: UK businesses urge post-Brexit immigration rule change

CNN  

London CNN Business — Worker shortages have left UK service stations empty, created gaps on supermarket shelves and are forcing farms to cull pigs. TheCityUK, which represents the United Kingdom’s huge financial services industry, said Thursday that its members were seeing “significant cost increases to securing the high-skilled talent that they need to compete on the global stage.” “To stay …

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