The Labour Party has promised to impose restrictions on the hiring of foreign workers and focus instead on developing domestic talent, as the opposition party toughens its stance on immigration ahead of the next general election.
According to data released last week by the Office of National Statistics, net migration to the UK hit a new record high of 606,000 in 2022, driven by people from non-EU countries arriving for work, study, and humanitarian reasons.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acknowledged that the numbers are “too high” and said he wants to “bring them down.”
But Labour blamed the rise in net migration on the government’s alleged failure to tackle a skills shortage….