Government told again it 'isn't listening' as it spells out post-Brexit immigration plans

By Dave Rogers2018-12-19T15:20:00

New rules will be a disaster for housebuilding and infrastructure plans, groups warn

Worries over how the industry will staff sites up and down the country have again been raised after the government said skilled overseas workers will only be allowed to enter the country provided they have jobs paying a minimum of £30,000 a year.

And it said low-skilled trades like construction would have their pipeline of overseas workers cut off, adding that it agreed with an immigration report published in the autumn that said “there should be no dedicated route for unskilled labour from any source”.

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