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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Visas crackdown: New rules for foreign workers and higher salary thresholds revealed in immigration shake-up

Radical reforms to Britain's immigration system have been set out which will severely restrict the number of work and student visas handed out to migrants, students and their family members.

In a bid to reduce net migration by 100,000 people a year, the Government has unveiled an overhaul of the immigration system that will require higher skills standards for people hoping to come to Britain from abroad.

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