Industry bosses demand government rethinks its Brexit migration policy

By Hamish Champ2019-02-22T06:00:00

The Construction Leadership Council has called on the government to review its proposed migration system in the event the UK crashes out of the EU with no deal, including “significantly” reducing the current £30,000 annual salary threshold.

In a new report on a range of likely skills and labour issues in a ‘no deal’ scenario the CLC said the prospect of leaving the European Union without a deal would generate uncertainty among the more than 165,000 EU citizens currently employed by the UK construction industry, which would be “especially damaging” for those individuals.

The CLC said the government must review its proposed future migration system “to ensure it is fit for purpose for construction and to avoid dramatic labour shortage in the sector”.

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