So what's going on here?!? – Even a left-wing British prime minister would reduce the economy's dependence on foreign labor
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that the British economy must reduce its dependence on foreign workers.
Starmer, speaking at the ruling Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, said he had always considered social concerns about immigration to be legitimate. He highlighted:
The Labour government's policy objectives include reducing net migration and, at the same time, reducing the economy's dependence on immigration.
Starmer said it should not be taken for granted that some sectors were importing labour, while millions of talented young Britons were desperate to find work.
It often happens that in some professions the number of new recruits for vocational training decreases, while at the same time more and more work visas are issued to foreigners for jobs requiring the same professional qualifications.
The British Prime Minister said this in his speech to Congress on Tuesday, adding that the Labour government will take strong action against this phenomenon.
Shortly after Starmer’s address to Congress on Tuesday evening, the Home Office in London formally published several elements of the programme. A key point of the briefing was that the government would restrict the recruitment of foreign workers by companies that try to circumvent employment legislation. The wording of the action plan said that hiring foreign workers would not be the “obvious solution” to future labour shortages. According to the Home Office, the government is also tasking the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), which works alongside the department but is formally independent, with monitoring those sectors where the number of workers being recruited from abroad is rising sharply due to a shortage of skilled domestic workers. The MAC will produce an annual report on these sectors, and the government will decide on further regulatory steps based on that. After the end of EU membership four years ago (Brexit), London introduced a new points-based immigration system, which prioritises mainly vocational qualifications and English language skills, and which makes no distinction between the settlement and resettlement of newcomers from the EU and other parts of the world. between assessing job applications.
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