What UK Spring 2023 Budget Says On Immigration

UK SPRING 2023 BUDGET IMMIGRATION UPDATE

In the Spring Budget published on 15^th March 2023 the government states that it will ensure the UK labour market has access to skills and talent from abroad where needed, to help businesses tackle immediate labour shortages and ease business visits to the UK. At Thaxted Legal we focus on assisting clients with immigration matters and any publication from the UK government is useful to better understand the Home Office future plans and intentions for immigration.

MIGRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S (MAC) INTERIM RECOMMENDATIONS ACCEPTED

To help ease immediate labour supply pressures, the government commissioned the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) in February 2023 to undertake a rapid Shortage Occupation List (SOL) assessment for the construction and hospitality sectors, ahead of its full review of the SOL concluding later in 2023. The government has accepted the MAC's interim recommendations, to initially add five