(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
British Prime Minister Liz Truss is set to launch a major review
of the country's visa system in a move to tackle acute labour
shortages in key industries, the Financial Times reported on
Sunday, Trend reports
citing Reuters .
The prime minister is set to defy some of her anti-immigration
cabinet colleagues by making changes to the 'shortage occupation
list', allowing certain industries to bring in more staff - such as
broadband engineers - from overseas, the newspaper said.
The review could also endorse a loosening of the requirement to
speak English in some sectors to enable more foreign workers into
the country, the report said, citing a Downing Street official.
Asked about the idea that immigration rules might be relaxed, UK
finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng told the BBC on Sunday: 'It's not
about relaxing rules. The whole point about the Brexit debate if we
want to go down there was we need to control immigration in a way
that works for the UK.'
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