The new UK immigration rules tell employers to suck it up
by Larry Elliott from on (#4ZHX0)
Points-based plan makes it hard for low-skilled migrants to work - it pulls up the drawbridge rather than takes back control
The self-employed Polish plumber will be a thing of the past. Uber taxis in Britain's big cities could be harder to come by. Anybody who wants to hire a Lithuanian nanny will have to pay them 500 a week - and make sure the taxman knows about it.
Welcome to the government's new points-based immigration system, which will administer the biggest structural change to the UK labour market in decades when it comes into force next year.
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