Skills crisis vs. immigration cuts
UK pursues contradictory policies.
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The UK has huge tech skills shortages, while the government pursues two contradictory immigration policies — a more restrictive general one to reduce net migration, alongside a supposedly more relaxed one for elite tech talent. But that can't meet the country's huge skills shortages. How's it going? Journalist Alys Key dives in below.
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