New DWP unemployment rules with some ‘priority’ for filling job vacancies

New unemployment rules from the Department for Work and Pensions will see some ‘priorities’ for work. The DWP and the government will insure youemployed Britons will be given priority over cheap foreign workers to fill hundreds of thousands of vacancies in new plans.

It comes after ministers last month raised the salary threshold for skilled worker visas to £38,700 to help reduce legal migration. Jobless Britons will be given priority over cheap foreign workers to fill hundreds of thousands of vacancies in new plans.

The welfare secretary wants to reduce immigration numbers by promoting and training homegrown talent across the economy. Mel Stride will argue that the plane provides an opportunity to invest in the domestic workforce.

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Mr Stride, the DWP minister, will admit today that the changes could pose a “recruitment challenge” for some sectors, with 300,000 fewer foreign workers arriving each year. He will say: “With the next generation of welfare reforms, we are building a new economic model based on British talent.

“As part of this, the new visa rules brought in by the Home Secretary will mean that around 300,000 people who arrived last year could not. This is a huge opportunity for the thousands of jobseekers in our domestic workforce to move into roles that were previously filled by overseas workers.”

Mr Stride will unveil a new ministerial task force and will include key figures from the Home Office, Treasury and other departments. The aim of the taskforce will be to identify and remove barriers preventing Britons from entering the workforce.

It comes amid a crackdown on the “bad note culture” currently affecting Britain. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Mr Stride unveiled crackdowns in a bid to reduce post-Covid unemployment.

The Conservative Party has waged a war on benefit claimants in recent weeks, outlining a string of proposals to revamp PIP, Universal Credit and more.