Stakeholders Invited To Shape The Future Of Work-Based Migration To The UK

The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee has launched an inquiry into work-based immigration, looking at how migration links to skills and training policy, and what role migration should play in tackling UK labour shortages. Organisations with experience in this area, including employers, can submit evidence on issues such as salary thresholds, shortage lists and visa eligibility until 27 October 2026.

On 15 September 2026, the Home Affairs Committee announced an inquiry to examine work-based immigration. This inquiry comes following the findings of the 'Your Voice on Immigration', a programme of citizen assembly events. Here, the participants agreed that training UK residents should be prioritised over relying on migrant labour. The committee will consider how this main principle, and the other 12 principles produced by the programme, can be embedded into UK immigration policy.