Solve worker shortages with immigration – CBI boss
Tony Danker, boss of the UK’s biggest business group, will call on politicians on Monday to use immigration to solve worker shortages and boost economic growth.
He is expected to tell politicians to be “practical” about immigration at the CBI’s conference in Birmingham.
Many firms are struggling to recruit staff and job vacancies are near record levels.
Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick said bosses should turn to the “domestic workforce” to fill shortages.
Official figures show the UK’s unemployment rate has gone up and the Bank of England expects it to nearly double by 2025 as the country goes through a tough recession.
