Migrant workers are an important part of the UK workforce. Citizens of most European Economic Area (EEA) countries can work in the UK without special permission. There is a points-based system for non-EEA nationals wishing to work in the UK.
Hyundai's chief executive José Muñoz says raid will delay the factory's opening by at least two months, as the company needs to find new workers to finish the job.Â
Between July 2024 and June 2025, 1,948 licences allowing companies to bring in migrant workers were revoked – more than double the number in the previous 12 months (937).Â
There were 20,519 health and care worker visas granted to main applicants in the year ending June 2025.
‘Not all DVS providers make it clear that no statutory excuse is being established when they carry out right to work checks on foreign nationals.’
An Office of Budget Responsibility official has published an essay in support of the government’s efforts to reduce net immigration and boost the homegrown workforce.
The cutting of 180 occupations from the Skilled Worker visa and the decision to close the Health and Care worker route to overseas workers has come under fire from the House of Lords.
A critical shortage of skilled workers is jeopardising the government’s pledge to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029.
The Home Office did not have control of the skilled worker visa route after the Covid pandemic, say MPs on the public accounts committee.
The white paper says that people coming into the UK will only be able to apply for indefinite leave to remain after 10 years, not the current five. In most EU countries the application point is set at five years.
Migrant workers in IT and engineering professionals have a positive financial impact on the UK, finds MAC study.
The number of people immigrating minus the number of people emigrating is provisionally estimated to be 431,000 in the year ending December 2024.
Last week, the government launched its Immigration White Paper. Ross Kennedy examines which jobs are likely to be affected and how employers should react.
Prime minister Keir Starmer announced the government’s Immigration White Paper this morning, pledging to drastically reduce employers’ reliance on overseas...
The government will ‘radically reform’ the UK’s immigration system under new measures proposed in today’s immigration white paper.
In a letter to Labour’s shadow foreign secretary MPs and peers asked for a bespoke youth visa scheme for UK and EU citizens under 30.Â
