PA via Reuters BI President Lord Karan Bilimoria speaking during the CBI annual conference at ITN Headquarters in central London.Britain must relax post-Brexit immigration rules to help tackle staff shortages and secure recovery from the pandemic, the country’s main business lobby said Tuesday.The Confederation of British Industry wants the government to expand its so-called shortage occupations list, allowing migrant workers to fill more types of jobs more easily.
Bilimoria said the CBI has identified two things the UK government can do straight away to help make sure the UK economic recovery stays on track. “Where there are clear, evidenced labour shortages, businesses should be able to hire from overseas.” In addition, the CBI wants the government to invest in skills for jobs that have labour shortages, as Britain prepares to fully exit Covid lockdown on July 19.The government must do “more to support British workers, directing them to qualifications we know are in short supply”, Bilimoria will say.