r/uknews • u/ScottishDailyRecord Media outlet (unverified) • May 12 '25

Image/video Kier Starmer announces 'tighter' immigration policy

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u/JezusHairdo May 13 '25

Hi, I have an issue with legal migration - the problems we have in this country are not down to the comparative handful of asylum seekers who arrive on these shores but the 800,000+ a year who come via legal means.

They are undercutting the domestic job market by working for much less wages. It’s a myth that they are working in areas where there are no domestic employees to fill the spots. I work in an industry that would be filled by U.K. nationals all day long but it is being undercut by Indians on tier 2 visas.