UK to review visas to entice more AI and science workers, says Reeves

Rachel Reeves dropped a heavy hint that she is preparing to give the green light to a third runway at Heathrow. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury

The UK government will publish an immigration white paper later this year including a review of visas to entice more high-skilled workers as part of its push to kickstart growth, Rachel Reeves has announced.

The chancellor told a breakfast event at the World Economic Forum in Davos: “We are going to look again at routes for the highest skilled people, visas particularly in the areas of AI and life sciences.”