Labour leader calls on business leaders to stop using ‘cheap labour’ to plug workforce shortages
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Keir Starmer has issued a challenge to business leaders, vowing to end the “short-term fix” of using foreign workers to plug labour shortages and seeking to toughen up his party’s stance on immigration.
Though he promised to be “pragmatic” and avoid a repeat of last year’s lack of lorry drivers that crippled “entire sectors of our economy”, the Labour leader said companies should be weaned off “cheap labour”.
Labour leader calls on business leaders to stop using ‘cheap labour’ to plug workforce shortagesUK politics live: latest news updatesKeir Starmer has issued a challenge to business leaders, vowing to end the “short-term fix” of using foreign workers to plug labour shortages and seeking to toughen up his party’s stance on immigration.Though he promised to be “pragmatic” and avoid a repeat of last year’s lack of lorry drivers that crippled “entire sectors of our economy”, the Labour leader said companies should be weaned off “cheap labour”. Continue reading…
