Skilled migrants will need degrees to come to UK

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : The group will include officials from Government departments, the migration advisory committee and skills bodies.
55% : It is designed to stamp out the "ad hoc" decisions of judges where human rights have trumped public interest or safety, and which have been exposed over the past three months by The Telegraph.
53% : " Net migration figures to be published by the Office for National Statistics on May 22 are expected to show it continued to fall in the last six months of 2024 after the Tories raised the skilled worker salary level from £26,200 to £38,700 and barred students and health and care workers from bringing in dependents.
53% : A new "temporary shortage list", replacing the current salary list, will be established to provide time-limited access - with a period to determined - to the points-based immigration system.

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