Points-based immigration system will be in force by 2021, No 10 says
by Heather Stewart from World news | The Guardian on (#4ZC56)
Prime minister's spokesperson says new system - of which details are sketchy - will reduce immigration
Boris Johnson's overhauled cabinet has agreed that a new points-based immigration system will be implemented from 1 January next year, believing that it will reduce the number of people coming to the UK, Downing Street has announced.
At the start of Friday morning's cabinet meeting, which was recorded for television, Johnson led his new slimmed-down team, which he called the "people's government", in a call-and-response enumeration of his election pledges.
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