Overview

• Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride announces skills boot camps for key sectors facing shortages.
• Government aims to cut net migration by 300,000 annually through stricter visa rules and incentives for hiring local workers.
• Businesses in hospitality, care, construction, and manufacturing targeted for domestic recruitment.
• New cross-government taskforce established to address recruitment challenges and develop training initiatives.
• Labour criticizes the plan, calling for more comprehensive solutions to worker shortages and NHS wait times.