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Sadiq Khan warns £30k salary cap on foreign workers would cause ‘scary’ shortages in London

Independent | 12 November 2018 Sadiq Khan has warned that London’s economy and public services will suffer “scary” staff shortages if a £30,000 minimum salary threshold is imposed on foreign workers post-Brexit. The London mayor, who has thrown his support behind a fresh referendum on any Brexit deal, said there could be an exodus of

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UK employers condemn ‘ignorant, elitist’ Brexit immigration report

The Guardian 18 September 2018 Business leaders reject need for income threshold, saying workers are needed at all levels. Business leaders have lined up to criticise the government’s migration advisory committee (MAC) after it proposed an “ignorant and elitist” ban on foreign workers earning less than £30,000 a year from obtaining visas to work in

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U.K. Urged to End Privileged Access to European Migrants

Bloomberg | 18 September 2018 The U.K. shouldn’t favor EU workers in the post-Brexit labor market, the government’s immigration adviser said, urging ministers to prioritize skilled workers who bring clear benefits to the economy. Britain should abolish its cap on so-called Tier 2 visas for skilled workers, and open up the category also to “medium-skill

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Recruitment firm advertising for fruit pickers this summer gets just TWO applications out of 10,000 from Brits

ByL Zoie O’Brien | Mailonline 6 August 2018 Ten thousand people applied for a job picking fruit at UK farms this summer – and two of them were British. Seasonal workers are flocking to farms to make money while the sun shines, yet the physical demand, long hours and often low pay is not enough

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SNP demands answers from Javid and Gove on berry picking crisis

By Tom Peterkin | Scotsman.com Thirty SNP politicians representing rural areas are demanding action from the UK Government to tackle Brexit-fuelled labour shortages that have left Scotland’s soft fruit farms in crisis. The politicians have written to Home Secretary Sajid Javid and Environment Secretary Michael Gove with a series of questions and criticising the UK

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UK poised to relax rules on employing overseas workers for some IT jobs

25 February 2015 Tech Investor News,  The UK is considering relaxing the rules under which IT-related roles can be offered to foreign workers. The UK Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is recommending that the government eases regulations on hiring non-European data scientists, senior developers, cyber security specialists and product managers. The MAC is an independent body

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