UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans

Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK

Care homes will be prevented from recruiting staff from abroad as part of an overhaul of rules to drive down net migration, Yvette Cooper has said.

In a change that will concern employers in the sector, the home secretary said providers should instead seek to employ foreign staff who have already come to the country or extend existing visas.