Skilled Migrant Limit Reached in UK – CBI urges Cameron to lift it

David Cameron is risking the economic recovery by refusing to lift the cap on skilled foreign workers coming to the UK, the CBI has said.

The monthly limit on visas was hit for the first time since it was introduced, in June and already again this month.

Up to 20 firms have complained that they are unable to get the staff they need into the country.

CBI director general John Cridland urged the prime minister to “push it up and give a bit of headroom”.

He said the 20,700 annual limit on Tier 2 business visas, introduced in 2011, was fine for when the country was in recession but was too tight for a growing economy.

Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said in June there were “no plans to change the limit” and that the government had asked the Migration Advisory Committee to find ways to “significantly reduce economic migration from outside the EU”.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at CBI urges Cameron to lift skilled migrant limit – BBC News.