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UK urged to expand priority list of occupations open to migrants

29 May 2019

Explaining the changes, Professor Alan Manning, chair of the committee, said the labour market was "very different" to the one that existed during the last shortage occupations review six years ago."Unemployment is lower and employers in various industries are facing difficulties in finding skilled people to fill their vacancies," Prof Manning said. "That's why we have recommended expanding the [list] to cover a range of occupations in health, information and engineering fields."

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