Reform council leader urges Labour to reconsider curbs on care worker visas

Reform’s Linden Kemkaran, the leader of Kent county council, said changes to visa rules could have significant impact on local care homes. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The leader of a Reform-run county council has written to the government to express “grave concern” about a planned tightening of visas for health and care workers, despite the party’s wider commitment to significantly reducing net migration.

Linden Kemkaran – the leader of Kent council, which is one of 10 authorities in England run by Nigel Farage’s party since May – said the changes, including an imminent end to the specific visa route for care workers, could have a significant impact on local care homes.