The cost of the UK’s 2021 Immigration system to Financial Services February 28, 2020 | City Talk Recent research by IPPR suggests that 38% of EU workers currently employed in UK Financial Services (FS) firms would not be considered eligible under the UK’s new immigration system. The analysis also found that the rules disproportionately impact the immigration of EU women. Triggered by Brexit, the UK’s immigration system is going through its biggest [...]
Employers told to break reliance on ‘cheap EU labour’ February 18, 2020 Employer groups are already pushing back after being warned that the UK’s new work visa system will block them from relying on “cheap EU labour”. Home secretary Priti Patel will today add more detail to plans for expanding the points-based work visa system to include EU migrant workers — which will replace freedom of movement [...]
London to see biggest hit from new immigration system January 28, 2020 London is expected to see the biggest impact from proposed changes to the UK’s immigration system, the influential MAC report has warned. Published this morning, the Migration Advisory Committee has set out a twin-pronged approach for the government to build its post-Brexit framework, deploying a combination of an Australian-style points-based system with a salary threshold [...]
Business calls for clarity and collaboration after MAC report January 28, 2020 Businesses have called on the government for clarity and collaboration in building the UK’s new immigration system, after an influential report was published this morning. The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) this morning recommended a two-pronged approach combining the Australian-style points system so beloved of Brexiters alongside a salary threshold. However the MAC argued that the [...]
Business blocked from immigration discussions after MAC report, Downing Street suggests January 28, 2020 The government has signalled there will be no more formal consultation with business groups on immigration policy as it begins drawing up a new system for the post-Brexit regime. Instead, ministers will rely on a long-awaited report from the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) which will be unveiled in Westminster this morning. It is understood [...]
Priti Patel: British businesses too reliant on ‘cheap labour’ from the EU January 26, 2020 Home Secretary Priti Patel has accused British businesses of being too reliant on “low skilled” and “cheap” labour from the EU, calling on firms to “invest in the British public”. Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge programme this morning, Patel said the points-based immigration system the government plans to introduce after Brexit would “put a spotlight [...]
New immigration system to start next January, PM tells Cabinet January 21, 2020 The government’s new points-based immigration system will come into force from January next year as part of Boris Johnson’s commitment to voters, Cabinet ministers were told today. The Prime Minister this morning told his senior colleagues that he was pressing ahead with plans for a shake-up of the system, which will reduce the overall number [...]
Labour and the Tories are sweeping immigration under the rug this election December 6, 2019 This election season is slogan heavy. “Get Brexit done.” “For the many, not the few.” While necessarily vague, this year’s party mottos have done a decent job of getting to the heart of their offers. The Conservatives aren’t dallying on the UK’s exit from the European Union. The Labour Party is offering more taxes and [...]
MPs call for greater clarity over government’s Brexit immigration policy October 2, 2019 MPs have called on home secretary Priti Patel to clarify the government’s no-deal Brexit immigration policy amid confusion over the status of EU residents after the Halloween deadline. In a letter dated 25 September, Patel stated that much of the freedom of movement framework will remain in place after 31 October – the current Brexit [...]
Home secretary orders review which could bring Australian immigration system to Britain September 4, 2019 The government’s immigration advisers have been asked to review if Australia’s points-based migration system could work in the UK, months after the Prime Minister’s team said it the method he preferred. Home secretary Priti Patel yesterday wrote to the Migration Advisory Committee, asking it to look into the Australian system and others like it. Read [...]