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The United Kingdom has clamped down on employers hiring cheap foreign labour while continuing its drive to bring down net migration.
The changes, now in force, will slash migration and prevent the undercutting of British workers, stated a Government release.
This means that UK businesses are now required to pay overseas workers coming to the country on a Skilled Worker visa significantly more, added the statement from Home Office, and Department for Work and Pensions.
Part of a package of measures announced by the Home Secretary in December will now benefit 300,000 people who arrived in the UK last year with the general salary threshold for those arriving in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa now increased by 48 per cent, from £26,200 to £38,700.
Earlier this year, the Government ended the ability of nearly all postgraduate students to bring dependents to the UK. And last month, reforms to restrict care workers from bringing family members came into force.
Care providers are also now required to register with the industry regulator Care Quality Commission, if they are sponsoring migrant care workers. The statement cited clear evidence that care workers have been offered visas under false pretenses, having been recruited for jobs that don’t exist or being paid far below the minimum wage required for their work.
On April 11, the first step in an incremental increase to the minimum income required for Family visas will come into force. By early 2025, this will have reached £38,700, helping to ensure dependents brought to the UK are supported financially, the statement added.
