Closing off social care jobs to migrant workers will only harm a sector that’s already in crisis

By Majella Kilkey, Professor of Social Policy, University of Sheffield
Jayanthi T. Lingham, Research Associate, University of Sheffield

One big talking point to emerge from the UK government’s recently announced plans to reform the immigration system was the proposal to end recruitment of social care workers from overseas. Anyone who has experienced the sector recently will know that it is hugely dependent on workers from abroad. So the move – laid out in a new white paper which went further than many expected – will have huge implications.

For those international…

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