Sadiq Khan: plans to cut migration will trigger London recruitment crisis

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Sadiq Khan has said ministers' plans to cut legal migration will lead to a full-blown recruitment crisis" in London, with vacancies in hospitality alone still higher than they were pre-pandemic.

Net migration to the UK boosted the UK population by 672,000 in the year ending June 2023, and about half (48%) of the country's foreign-born population live in London or the south-east of England.