{"id":384926,"date":"2025-08-30T10:48:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384926\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T10:48:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:48:13","slug":"uk-bans-100-occupations-for-foreign-workers-to-curb-immigrat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/384926\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Bans 100 Occupations for Foreign Workers to Curb Immigrat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom Government has announced sweeping new restrictions on overseas recruitment, barring more than 100 occupations from being filled by foreign workers as part of its drive to cut net migration.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office disclosed the policy shift in a statement on X Saturday morning, saying it was focused on opening up opportunities for British workers while reshaping the visa system.\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\"   decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1930770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UK-Home-Office.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"455\" height=\"226\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCutting net migration means getting the fundamentals right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 100 occupations are no longer eligible for overseas recruitment \u2013 opening up more jobs for British workers. A fairer, skills-focused system is now taking shape,\u201d the Home Office wrote. <\/p>\n<p>This development marks the latest move by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who took office on July 5, 2024, following Labour\u2019s landslide victory, replacing Rishi Sunak.\n<\/p>\n<p>Critics, however, have warned the policy could worsen labour shortages in sectors such as health and social care.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office has not yet published the full list of restricted occupations, PUNCH Online however reports.\n<\/p>\n<p>More details\u00a0to\u00a0follow\n                                            <\/p>\n<p>                                                                <b><a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/author\/toyediran\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tosin Oyediran<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Tosin, with over six years&#8217; experience, conducts incisive interviews, pens engaging features, subedits and delivers impactful stories for the digital sphere.<\/p>\n<p> All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.<\/p>\n<p class=\"contact\">Contact: <a href=\"http:\/\/punchng.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#70041815151419041f023000051e13181e175e131f1d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> [email\u00a0protected] <\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom Government has announced sweeping new restrictions on overseas recruitment, barring more than 100 occupations from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":384927,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-384926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115117326743401174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=384926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384926\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}