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LABOUR will announce plans today for a flexible post-Brexit work visa scheme as part of a wider “common-sense, simplified and fair immigration policy” that would put jobs and the economy first.
In a major speech in Parliament, shadow home secretary Diane Abbott will say that the policy will not be based on “meaningless and arbitrary targets” favoured by the Tory government in its creation of a hostile environment for migrants.
She will reiterate that Labour’s core values of respect for a family life, upholding labour rights, and proper compensation and a hardship fund for victims of the Windrush scandal failed by the government will be part of the policy.
Ms Abbott is expected to say: “We have economic needs that dictate we need migrants, to help tackle skills shortages and labour shortages.
“I am announcing that Labour in government will establish a completely reformed work visa policy. This policy will sit alongside the existing visas for business trips, students, visitors and tourists.
“We will avoid the idiocy of preventing doctors and nurses from coming here to take up job offers. Under our new work visa system, anyone with specified bona fide skills can come here to work.”