The Home Secretary has admitted her fellow Labour ministers are constantly lobbying her to let more migrant workers into the country.
Shabana Mahmood expressed frustration about the ‘sheer number’ of pleas she gets from her colleagues in other Government departments for work visas, revealing she is approached every few weeks.
She chided her party for ‘pulling the lever’ of importing overseas staff to fill vacancies, particularly when almost a million young people are not in employment or education.
And she pointed out that given its focus on workers’ rights, Labour should be concerned about the plight of foreign staff who are likely to be
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