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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Sunak urged not to focus on cutting immigration amid UK staff shortages

Workers packing broccoli at a farm in Cornwall.
Workers packing broccoli at a farm in Cornwall. The committee noted that rural depopulation had created problems. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak has been urged by a key immigration body to avoid focusing on reducing the numbers of people coming into the UK amid a national staffing shortage in key industries.

The independent migration advisory committee has urged the prime minister, who wants an overall cut in net migration, to instead cooperate with the private sector on how to manage and address shortages in the labour market.

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