Training more Britons may not cut net migration or plug skills shortages, study finds

The government ended overseas recruitment of care workers last year but Oxford University’s Migration Observatory says local workers can be difficult to find in some sectors. Photograph: sturti/Getty Images

Keir Starmer’s plan to force employers to be less reliant on overseas staff and instead train UK-based workers may not lower net migration, researchers have found.

Skill shortages are just one of the factors contributing to employers’ demand for migrant workers, according to the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory.