Good morning. We will wean our national economy off its reliance on cheap overseas labour. And we will instead have a reformed immigration system that no longer ignores the millions of people who want the opportunity to train and contribute.
Lofty goals indeed, but that’s what Keir Starmer pledged in May 2025, in plans that aimed to help the British government “restore control over the immigration system”. To that end, the government’s white paper published last month largely focused on cutting health care visas and ending visa access for middle-skilled professionals such as butchers and chefs.
