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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Nicholas Cecil

Visas for skilled IT, telecoms and engineering workers to fill jobs in UK may be curbed, signals Yvette Cooper

Visa requirements for skilled workers in IT, telecommunications and engineering to come to Britain to fill jobs could be tightened up, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has signalled.

Changes could include raising the minimum salary threshold for overseas workers in these sectors to obtain a visa to take up a job in the UK.

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