Post-Brexit migration system ‘will be sucker punch to UK economy’

Business leaders criticise curbs on migrants earning 30,000, proposed in new white paper

The government's proposals for a post-Brexit immigration system will deal a "sucker punch" to the economy, leaving industry short of the migrant workforce they rely on, business leaders have said.

The plans, unveiled in the long-awaited immigration white paper, introduce a new skills-based immigration system and the end of free movement of people from the EU.

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