Ministers have clashed with business leaders over calls to open Britain’s borders to more foreign workers to help plug crippling staff shortages.
Amid deepening economic gloom as the UK heads into recession, company bosses want the Government to relax its cap on immigration to boost growth and fill staffing gaps — particularly in the retail, hospitality and construction industries. But immigration minister Robert Jenrick slapped down those demands today and insisted that employers struggling to find staff should look to the “domestic workforce” if they are seeking “lower-skilled labour”.
