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Issue 233
Government Tightens Overseas Recruitment Rules... To Prioritise Recruiting Care Workers In England
The government has announced new rules for care providers recruiting international care workers, which will take effect from 9 April 2025. Under the revised sponsorship requirements, care providers in England must first try to recruit an international worker who is already in the UK and in need of sponsorship before hiring from overseas. This, the government says, ensures that those who came to the UK to pursue a career in adult social care can do so and will help end the reliance on overseas
recruitment as it seeks to “restore order” to the UK immigration system through its Plan for Change, which sets out a comprehensive plan to restore order to what is says is a “broken immigration system”, linking immigration, skills and visa systems to grow domestic skills, end reliance on overseas labour and boost economic growth.
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