Key Takeaways From Today's Government White Paper On Immigration

1. Pretty much all the messaging is nothing new – requiring businesses to train resident labour rather than import talent, for example, is a mantra we've become used to over many years.

2. Criticism of the previous government for allowing immigration to spiral out of control is an easy hit; the reason for it, the UK's withdrawal from the EU, is only mentioned in passing.

3. Recognition of the regional imbalance in immigration comes in the form of the Devolved Governments making up an important part of the proposed Labour Market Evidence Group (LMEG), which will in much the same way as the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) does now assess evidence of sectoral labour shortages. The LMEG will include the MAC.