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Immigration (Work Permits)

Today, I am publishing the Government’s response to the recent consultation on a new points-based system for managed migration. This is being published as ““A Points-Based System: Making Migration Work for Britain””, and copies are available in the Library. I am very pleased to be able to publish our detailed policies for a new managed migration system, which are a result of an intensive consultation process involving face-to-face contact with 1,200 stakeholders, as well as 517 written responses. The United Kingdom needs a world-class migration system to attract the brightest and best from across the world, while being robust against attempted abuse. The new system will give employers and educational institutions a stronger role in the managed migration system, and will introduce a more transparent and objective method of points-based structured decision making, which will significantly improve the quality of decision making and reduce the opportunities for abuse.