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Mr Johnson said that \”There is a risk that the necessity of putting up a public show of rhetoric will do possible damage to London\’s competitiveness. I think there is a case for flexibility and I think the government understands that.\” Many UK businesses have criticized the Immigration Cap proposals, with significant concerns registered over […]

In the letter Business leaders and industry organizations in Scotland said that “A limit on net non-European Economic Area (EEA) migration to bring it to the level of \’tens of thousands a year\’ is likely to impede Scotland\’s economic recovery and distort the labour market. We are deeply concerned that the annual limit will have […]

The UK Border Agency believes that ‘’people applying to live, work and study in the UK must have the required English language skills, and must be able to demonstrate this as part of their application.’’ If you are applying for a Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 4 visa before April 2010 you will still […]

The Home Secretary said that ‘It is too easy, at the moment, to move from temporary residence to permanent settlement. We will not implement Labour’s policy of earned citizenship, which was too complicated, bureaucratic and, in the end, ineffective. If people enter this country saying that they will only stay here temporarily, then it is […]

Net Immigration to the UK Increases to 215,000 Recently the Home Office’s quarterly Immigration figures revealed that net Immigration to the United Kingdom increased to 215,000 in the year to March 2010, a unexpected increase which was put down to a 10 year low in the number of British Citizens leaving the UK. The increase […]

During the visit Damian Green said that “Existing agreements allow us to share fingerprints taken for immigration purposes and match these against each others’ immigration databases. If a match is found, biographical information is shared between countries, stopping the use of false identities and nationalities. This has already yielded positive results – 89 per cent […]

The REC’s Director of Policy and Professional Services, Tom Hadley, said that \”Immigration is a complex and sensitive issue. The REC has consistently underlined the need to reflect labour market needs and argued that any cap would need to be reviewed regularly. As a result, we welcome the confirmation that the cap will be reviewed […]

The Public Policy Advisor for the CIPD, Gerwyn Davies, said that “The survey vindicates the government’s sensible compromise to make intra-company transfer scheme exemptions and to increase the number of visas given to employers that have made a job offer. The announcement reflects the fact that there needs to be a phased, long-term reduction to […]

In an announcement to MPs Lin Horner said that 1,700 jobs had already been cut so far this year but thousands more could go as the agency makes large budget cuts and that recent job losses have been a “combination of natural wastage and voluntary redundancies”. Fears have been raised that job cuts could make […]

The figures on net migration show that 580,000 people came to work or study in the UK for more than a year in the 12 months to March 2010, while 364,000 moved abroad over the same period, leaving a rounded net migration figure of 215,000. The figures also show that: The number of migrants coming […]