A Brexiter Tory has admitted that we need more EU workers. The news comes as the uber-rich are using loopholes to by-pass Brexit rules
George Eustice told the Observer said: “The flaws in our current so-called skills-based immigration system are becoming clearer by the day because we have got a policy that does not correspond to the needs of our economy.
“We are allowing in people who are deemed skilled such as lawyers, insolvency practitioners, museum officers, even disc jockeys, when we have no shortages whatsoever in those sectors. But we are not allowing people to come here to work in sectors like the food industry, even though there are acute labour shortages in these sectors, and that is contributing to inflation.
“So that is the big problem. My proposal is that we commence bilateral negotiations with EU member states, starting with countries like Bulgaria, Romania and the Baltic states, and widen it to the whole of the EU eventually, to establish a reciprocal youth-mobility visa scheme.”
Suella Braverman
Suella Braverman isn’t going to like the comment as she told a National Conservatism conference that there was “no good reason why we can’t train up enough HGV drivers, butchers or fruit pickers.”
Brexit loophole
It comes as there has been an “untold increase” in the number of high net worth Brits paying to become EU citizens post-Brexit, wealth experts have told The Telegraph.
Expat advice firm Henley & Partners says it has seen unprecedented demand for so-called ‘golden’ visas & citizenships in Latvia, Greece, Malta, Austria and Portugal, a 344 % increase in applications
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