Every single person who still cringes at the memory of trying to bullshit their way through an interview or exam question: today, the slate is wiped clean. Set down your burden of shame. Nothing - nothing, I say - could touch this.
🚨I think this is important. The government wants to PAY companies £5,000 to reimburse visa costs for each foreign worker they hire! so, I thought we'd dig into just some of the 'skilled' worker roles the government has approved, that British people could easily do between March 2024 and March 2026.
At a time when unemployment is rising, this is just a short list of 156,873 JOBS British people including graduates did NOT get and overseas visa were issued.
From the Home Office’s own visa data.
▪️34,274 farm workers
▪️21,738 horticultural workers
▪️14,277 elementary agricultural workers
▪️6,502 agricultural and related trades
▪️6,842 generalist medical practitioners
▪️6,047 programmers and software developers
▪️4,205 food preparation and hospitality workers
▪️4,193 care workers and home carers
▪️2,903 nursing professionals
▪️2,895 engineering professionals
▪️2,391 sales, marketing
▪️2,257 teachers
▪️2,000 sales and business development managers
▪️1,509 mechanical engineers
▪️916 marketing, sales and advertising directors
▪️885 construction and building trades
▪️876 advertising and marketing roles
▪️801 retail and wholesale managers
▪️775 marketing and commercial managers
▪️768 shopkeepers and sales supervisors
▪️714 vehicle trades
▪️671 office managers and admin supervisors
▪️638 business sales executives
▪️504 mechanics and electricians
▪️466 butchers
▪️377 restaurant and catering managers
▪️261 retail and wholesale sales supervisors
▪️240 carpenters and joiners
▪️238 office managers
▪️235 catering and bar managers
▪️177 secretarial and related occupations
▪️166 electricians and electrical fitters
▪️145 sales administrators
▪️128 book-keepers, payroll and wages clerks
▪️103 customer service managers
▪️74 hotel and accommodation managers
▪️74 bakers and flour confectioners
▪️67 housekeepers and related occupations
▪️64 hairdressing and beauty salon managers
Westminster is not listening! and is allowing Britain to import labour for jobs British people could be trained to do. Chefs? Butchers? sales staff? bookeepers? shopkeepers? Farm workers? Mechanics? Hospitality staff? seriously???
Why are employers allowed to say there is a “shortage” of skills when there clearly isn't. And why is the government incentivising foreign work visas we dont need? 🚨
Since Andy Burnham is apparently lining up to be the next Labour leader, here’s a reminder:
Andy accused victims of Pakistani-Muslim grooming gangs of trying to “propagandise” the issue.
He tried to block the grooming gangs inquiry in Manchester and nationally.
He claimed that Pakistani-Muslims grooming gangs are a “thing of the past” despite clear evidence that little girls are still being victimised to this day, including in his local area.
He tried to shift the blame onto victims by refusing to acknowledge them as children —
Children who were raped, exploited and even murdered by Pakistani grooming gangs while powerful people like him turned a blind eye.
Andy Burnham belongs in prison, not in Parliament. And certainly not in 10 Downing Street.