LSE Business Review blog:
Post-Brexit work visa quotas on EU nationals will likely favour graduates
27 June 2017
Businesses that rely on low-skilled EU labour may face hiring difficulties, writes Jonathan Wadsworth
Had things gone as most commentators expected, the UK would now be entering hard Brexit talks with the near certainty of leaving the single market and/or customs union and the consequent ending of free movement of people from the European Union. Two weeks later and that near certainty no longer seems as certain, with murmurings of a softer Brexit and the implication that allowing freer movement of labour from the EU may now be up for discussion.
Related publications
‘Immigration and the UK Economy’, Jonathan Wadsworth, CEP 2017 General Election Analyses Paper No. EA039, May 2017