Government announces new earnings threshold for overseas workers looking to settle in UK

Overseas workers must earn a minimum of £35,000 from 2016 before becoming entitled to apply to settle in the UK, the Government has announced. 29 Feb 2012

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Government to consider cutting migrant workers limit, Prime Minister says

The Government is to consider reducing the maximum number of workers that businesses can bring into the UK, the Prime Minister has said. 12 Oct 2011

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Occupation shortage list should be revised to restrict immigration, committee says

Immigration by workers from outside the European Economic Area should be restricted to a smaller number of occupations, a Home Office committee has said. 14 Sep 2011

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Employers of non-European workers face radical change to rules

Employers have less than a month to change completely the way they deal with workers from outside Europe in what one expert has called the biggest shake-up in 40 years in the way that migrant workers are employed. 11 Sep 2008

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