Chancellor Rachel Reeves this week confirmed government support for dozens of big projects to boost growth, on top of ...

Two key scaffolding bodies have asked ministers to add scaffolders to the UK’s shortage occupation list for immigration. The ...

Despite growing by 2.5 million people since 2019, the UK has lost 320,000 construction ... bricklayers and stonemasons to the Shortage Occupation List in July 2023. Since renamed the Immigration ...

The shortage occupation list, which highlights the occupations employers ... Prof Bell said: "The number of migrants coming to work in the UK has already decreased and we are likely to see an ...

A “shortage occupation list”“ exists to help employers fill ... the minimum income for those bringing family members to the UK on a family visa to £38,700 from spring 2024.

Mr Aldiss wants ministers to include vets on what is known as the UK Shortage Occupation List but says so far he has received "warm words but very little action". Ivan Mihnev says Britain has high ...

The UK government has announced an update to ... up from £20,960. Jobs on the shortage occupation list and new entrants to the workforce will also see their salary requirement increase to £ ...

The UK Home Office released preliminary figures ... following the addition of care workers to the Shortage Occupation List. However, monthly applications have decreased since August 2023, falling ...

Recruitment firm Hays has identified the UK as one of the top five countries facing a significant shortage of skilled workers, according to their report. Alongside New Zealand, Portugal ...

Shortages of trained planners in local councils ... days about efforts to add planners to the Critical Skills Occupation List, which speeds up recruitment of qualified people from outside the ...