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`Return of the nasty party' claims over Tory crackdown on foreign workers

5 October 2016

In a briefing sent afterwards, it was made clear that other measures to be considered would be, ''whether employers should have to set out the steps they have taken to foster a pool of local candidates, set out the impact on the local labour force of their foreign recruitment and be clear about the proportion of their workforce which is international, as is the case in the US.'' It came as a report from the LSE's Centre for Economic Performance found new immigration restrictions on EU workers will damage business and not lead to greater job opportunities for British people.

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