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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

Care homes under threat as family visa crackdown blocks 100,000 workers

A government crackdown on visas for overseas workers could put overstretched care homes under threat of closure, with tens of thousands fewer staff coming to the UK, The Independent can reveal.

Applications for Britain’s health and care worker visa are at a record low after care workers were prevented from bringing children and other dependants with them in a bid to curb climbing migration numbers.

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