Official statistics reveal fewer people are seeking to come from abroad to work in the NHS or in social care.
The statistics reveal that the outgoing Conservative government granted some 286,382 work visas overall in the year to June 2024 – 11% down on the previous year.
Detailed Home Office data shows that it approved 89,085 visas for the health and care sector in the year to June 2024 – more than 80% down on April to June of the year before.
The decline in workers wanting to come to the UK comes after the former Conservative government introduced restrictions on foreign workers and their families in an effort to slash overall immigration.
Source: BBC
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Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz led fellow Democrats in a political pep rally on Wednesday night, vowing that he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris would triumph over Republican Donald Trump in November’s US election.
Walz, 60, accepted his party’s nomination for the No. 2 job. We’re all here tonight for one beautiful simple reason: We love this country,” the Minnesota governor said to cheers from assembled Democrats on the third night of the Democratic National Convention. Read more
