Labour Vows to Curb Hiring of Foreign Workers, Focus More on UK Talent

Labour Vows to Curb Hiring of Foreign Workers, Focus More on UK Talent
Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech at the office of UK Finance in central London, on Feb. 27, 2023. Stefan Rousseau/PA Media
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The Labour Party has promised to impose restrictions on the hiring of foreign workers and focus instead on developing domestic talent, as the opposition party toughens its stance on immigration ahead of the next general election.

According to data released last week by the Office of National Statistics, net migration to the UK hit a new record high of 606,000 in 2022, driven by people from non-EU countries arriving for work, study, and humanitarian reasons.