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Starmer would stop lower wages for overseas workers used to fill UK jobs

Businesses would be stopped from easing staff shortages by hiring cheaper overseas workers under immigration plans unveiled by Labour. Sir Keir Starmer said he wants to scrap rules that allow firms to pay 20% below the going rate to hire overseas ...

24 May 2023 at 14:58

Ex-PM Cameron has ‘huge sympathy’ with Government on migration challenge

David Cameron has urged ministers to use welfare reforms and training programmes to reduce the need for foreign labour, ahead of the release of figures expected to show record levels of net migration. The former prime minister, who never met his ...

24 May 2023 at 09:55

Ignoring international rules on Rwanda could delay flights, PM reportedly told

Rishi Sunak will chair Cabinet on Tuesday after reportedly being warned that attempting to opt out of international rights treaties could delay his Rwanda plan. The aim of sending asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda forms a key plank of ...

28 Nov 2023 at 00:34

Cleverly pledges ‘biggest ever reduction’ in net migration with new plans

Cleverly says ‘enough is enough’ as he unveils plans to slash net migration

Home Secretary James Cleverly has outlined a raft of new restrictions on legal migration which he said will slash the number of people arriving in Britain by 300,000 a year. He said a ban on overseas care workers bringing family dependants ...

05 Dec 2023 at 00:23

Latest migration figures expected to show further increase in arrivals to the UK

New figures are expected to show a further increase in people arriving to the UK, as Rishi Sunak continues to face pressure from within his party to reduce net migration. Numbers released by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday ...

23 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Net migration drops 20% to 728,000 after hitting record 906,000

The Government accused the Conservatives of running “Britain as an experiment in open borders” as revised estimates revealed net migration to the UK hit a record 906,000 in 2023. Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures indicated ...

28 Nov 2024 at 14:45

Net migration ‘could be down to around 300,000 in next few years’

Net migration could be down to around 300,000 “in the next two to three years”, according to the head of the independent body advising Government on migration. Professor Brian Bell, chairman of the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC),...

17 Dec 2024 at 21:52

Family visa rule changes ‘will not be major player in curbing net migration’

Raising the income threshold for family visas will have a minimal impact on immigration numbers, a Government adviser has said. Rule changes will not be a “major player in reducing net migration”, according to Professor Brian Bell. ...

13 Dec 2023 at 17:11

No split between Cleverly and Sunak on Rwanda, says minister

A Cabinet minister has played down any suggestions of a split between Rishi Sunak and James Cleverly over the Rwanda asylum plan, after the Home Secretary said it was not the “be all and end all”. The remarks, which came amid a ...

26 Nov 2023 at 15:39

Net migration ‘unusually high’ as UK heads towards General Election

Net migration remains “unusually high” as the UK heads towards an election, experts said, despite official estimates suggesting a 10% drop in numbers last year. It comes after the measure for the difference between the number ...

23 May 2024 at 19:20

Tory MPs urge Sunak to cut immigration ahead of next election

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing calls from within his own party to further cut immigration, as a group of Tory MPs offered a series of proposals to drastically curb the “destabilising” impact of “mass migration”. The ...

03 Jul 2023 at 00:07

UK net migration unlikely to fall below pre-Brexit figures, say experts

Net migration to the UK is unlikely to drop below pre-Brexit levels by the end of the decade, remaining at around 250,000 to 350,000 a year, according to an expert forecast. But figures are likely to fall sharply from ...

16 Oct 2023 at 00:01

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