3 h. ago Voices: ‘This will be disastrous’: Independent readers fear social care collapse after visa ban

Our community is sharply divided over Yvette Cooper’s care worker visa crackdown. While some labelled it “madness”, others argued it is time to reduce reliance on overseas labour and invest in training and better pay for UK workers

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6 h. ago Visas crackdown: New rules for foreign workers and higher salary thresholds revealed in immigration shake

Restricted permits for low skilled jobs, new rules for family visas, higher wage requirements and degrees needed for foreign workers are among the measures revealed

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11 h. ago Labour's immigration crackdown: key points explained — from faster deportations to axing care worker visas

The Prime Minister will unveil plans to make it harder for foreigners to permanently settle in the UK

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11 h. ago Will this REALLY get immigration under control? Labour's plan says arrivals must be degree educated, have fluent English and wait 10 years for citizenship but NO cap on numbers

Keir Starmer is pledging to end the 'betrayal' of Britain's reliance on cheap foreign labour, hiking skills thresholds and toughening rules on fluency in English.

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21 h. ago English test among range of Labour measures to control immigration

Keir Starmer says system ‘will be tightened up’ in all areas, following sharp rise in support for Reform UK in electionsLabour’s immigration shake-up challenges decades of party policyAdults accompanying foreign workers to the UK will be expected to pass an English language test and care homes will be prevented from recruiting staff from abroad as part of a swathe of new measures to be revealed by Keir Starmer to “tighten up” the immigration system.Amid a recent surge in support for Reform UK, the prime minister will say on Monday that overseas arrivals should commit “to learning our language” and will promise to overhaul a “broken system” that encourages businesses to “bring in lower-paid workers”. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Care homes face ban on recruiting workers from abroad in huge visa crackdown

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the Government will close the care worker visa route to end the reliance on overseas staff in a crackdown on immigration unveiled on Monday

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34 h. ago Immigration crackdown as Labour panics over Reform: Yvette Cooper vows tougher visa rules and deportation for ANY crime

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper insisted immigration will fall 'substantially' as she prepares to publish a white paper, with Labour panicking over Reform.

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5 d. ago UK visa applications could be restricted for some nationalities in new crackdown

The Home Office is reportedly considering restricting visa applications for people from countries including Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka, amid concerns over visa abuse

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5 d. ago Crackdown on visas will only have a small impact on new asylum claims, expert says

The Home Office is poised to unveil plans to scale back the amount of work and study permits handed to certain nationalities.

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6 d. ago 'Pakistan and Nigeria visas will be squeezed' to stop people overstaying and claiming asylum amid crackdown

Under the plans, people from countries like Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka are likely to be closely monitored so their application can be screened for abuses of the system.

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6 d. ago ‘Social care will collapse’: Independent readers react to family visa crackdown

Readers weigh in on the impact of new care worker visa rules – from fears of a collapsing sector and rising costs to calls for better wages and homegrown training to fill the gap

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6 d. ago Nigerians, Pakistanis and Sri Lankans face UK student visa crackdown

Applicants will be targeted by Home Office due to suspicions they are most likely to overstay and claim asylumUK politics live – latest updatesNigerians, Pakistanis and Sri Lankans applying to work or study in the UK face Home Office restrictions over suspicions that they are most likely to overstay and claim asylum, Whitehall officials have claimed.The government is working with the National Crime Agency to build models to profile applicants from these countries who are likely to go on to claim asylum. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago New visa crackdown as Home Office plans to restrict applications from nationalities most likely to overstay

Applications for work and study visas from nationalities such as Pakistanis, Nigerians and Sri Lankans among those that reportedly could be curbed by the Home Office

Society

6 d. ago Brits risk hefty fines when driving abroad for making these common mistakes

With lots of happy holidaymakers hiring cars over the summer holidays, it's important to know the rules of the road in foreign countries to avoid being hit with expensive fines

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7 d. ago Care homes under threat as family visa crackdown blocks 100,000 workers

Exclusive: Government policy on migration which prevents care workers bringing children and spouses to the UK is stopping the flow of staff needed to care for NHS patients

Society

8 d. ago Students cancel summer travel plans after Trump’s visa crackdown

University of California, Berkeley issued an advisory last week saying upcoming international travel was risky

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8 d. ago Visa crackdown leads international students in the US to reconsider summer travel

International students in the U.S. are reconsidering their travel plans this summer after a wave of student status terminations and visa revocations

Society

1 week ago Families torn apart by India’s visa crackdown on Pakistanis after Kashmir attack: ‘We are innocent’

Mass expulsion underlines deepening human cost of the Pahalgam terror attack and the tensions between India and Pakistan that have followed. Namita Singh reports from the Attari-Wagah border

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1 week ago Trump 100 days: Trump’s whirlwind start to his second presidency

The president has begun his second term at a whirlwind pace, slashing the government, upending international alliances, challenging the rule of law and ordering mass deportationsLaw-abiding migrants sent to foreign prisons. Sweeping tariffs disrupting global markets. Students detained for protest. Violent insurrectionists pardoned. Tens of thousands of federal workers fired. The supreme court ignored.The first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term have shocked the United States and the world. On the eve of his inauguration, Trump promised the “most extraordinary first 100 days of any presidency in American history”, and what followed has been a whirlwind pace of extreme policies and actions that have reshaped the federal government and the US’s role in the world. Continue reading...

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