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Government committee report recommends lowering migrant salary threshold
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid and Home Secretary Priti Patel during Prime Minister's Questions earlier this month

LABOUR said today that lowering the salary cap for migrants after Brexit won’t help recruit the staff the NHS needs.

The government-commissioned Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has recommended that the government lower the salary threshold from £30,000 to £25,600 for migrants with job offers.

Today’s report by the body made a string of recommendations after reviewing plans for the Tories’ desired points-based immigration system (PBS), set to be introduced after Brexit.

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