Care providers have warned that a hard-right Tory faction's bid to stop giving visas to foreign care workers will only lead to more NHS chaos.
In a brazen challenge to Rishi Sunak, 20 disgruntled MPs who call themselves the New Conservatives said the party faces wipeout in the polls if it fails to drag down net migration, which is at a record high.
Their extreme proposals include scrapping a scheme fast-tracking workers in the care sector for visas.