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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Daly

Starmer vows to scrap salary discount for foreign workers filling job shortages

PA Wire

Labour will scrap the “absurd” policy that allows those from overseas to receive lower wages for the same jobs, Sir Keir Starmer has said.

The party said that, under a Sir Keir premiership, the ability for employers to pay wages that are 20% under the UK going rate for jobs in sectors appearing on the shortage occupations list would be stopped.

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