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19 Feb 20
Government plans to scrap visas for low-skilled migrants have caused concern among health and social care groups, who say it will exacerbate workforce issues.
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8 Nov 19
Conservative Party plans for an ‘NHS visa’ will only go “some way” to solving the shortage of doctors and nurses the health service is likely to experience after Brexit, a charity has warned.
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20 Jun 19
A new global resettlement scheme for vulnerable refugees is being created from next year, replacing the current programmes and welcoming in around 5,000 more refugees in the UK.
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3 Jun 19
The government has not learnt from the failures of the Windrush scandal in drawing up the EU settlement scheme, MPs have warned.
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7 Mar 19
The Home Office is “shirking” its responsibility in responding to the Windrush scandal and devolving the fall-out to local authorities, MPs have said.
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20 Dec 18
A £30,000 salary threshold for skilled workers coming to the UK after Brexit could have “severe implications” for health and social care, an umbrella-group has warned.
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13 Dec 18
The prime minister’s hard-line stance on migration did nothing to endear her to already fed-up and over-worked public sector staff, argues Russell Hargrave.
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2 Oct 18
Prime minister Theresa May today set out plans to end free movement “once and for all” by introducing a single immigration scheme for both EU and non-EU nationals.
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18 Jul 18
Facts and figures from the July 2018 edition of Public Finance magazine on immigration caps, the riddle of the Lords, and the ethnic diversity gap in UK charities
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4 Jul 18
The government will not provide interim funding for Windrush citizens while it consults on a compensation scheme, the home secretary has confirmed today.
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7 Jun 18
Scotland should have greater control over immigration in the wake of subdued growth forecasts for its economy, according to its finance secretary Derek Mackay.
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18 Apr 18
The chaos ensuring from the government’s treatment of the Windrush generation of Caribbean citizens shows that it’s time for a thorough rethink of immigration policy, says Russell Hargrave.
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23 Jun 17
Theresa May has proposed allowing at least 3 million EU citizens living in the UK the right to stay in the country after Brexit.
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25 May 17
The growth rate of the UK economy was slower than expected in the first three months of the year, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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24 May 17
Conservative plans to limit immigration could cost the economy and public finances billions, a report from the Centre for Economics and Business Research has found.
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19 May 17
Manifesto pledges to cut immigration would be difficult to implement and “overwhelmingly undesirable” for key public services and national debt, an independent think-tank report has...
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4 May 17
The government may need to extend the controversial free movement of people for several years after Brexit because a new immigration policy won’t be ready in time, a think-tank has said.
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6 Jan 17
The government should consider devolving responsibility for immigration policy to the UK’s regions and new metropolitan areas to boost integration and economic productivity, a committee of MPs...
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3 Dec 15
The electronic system intended to improve the management of the UK’s borders has not delivered value for money following spending of more than £830m over 12 years, the auditor general has concluded.
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10 Nov 15
Too many people’s lives have been put on hold due to delays and poor decisions made by the Home Office in dealing with immigration cases, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie...
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2 Nov 15
The government has been urged to create a new Controlled Migration Fund to provide additional support to areas that have experienced high levels of migration and to prepare areas that may take in...
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1 Sep 15
Facts and figures from the September edition of Public Finance magazine, on social housing shortfalls, austerity’s trajectory, asylum seekers and foreign workers, and time lost to strikes
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22 Jun 15
Government changes to UK immigration rules could “cause chaos” in the NHS and cost the health service millions of pounds, the Royal College of Nursing has warned today.
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5 Nov 14
Immigrants from the European Union are estimated to have contributed £20bn more to the UK’s public finances through taxes than they have received in benefits and public services in the decade to 2011...
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27 Mar 13
David Cameron’s plans to curtail migrants’ rights to social housing have the appearance of being thought up quickly and not thought through properly. There are much better ways to...