Labour visa policy to fix immigration

SHAKE-UP Diane Abbott LABOUR will today unveil plans for a major revamp of the immigration system to get more skilled workers into Britain.

The party’s new visa policy is aimed at easing the NHS recruitment crisis and boosting industry after the UK quits the EU.

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott will renew a pledge to ditch the Tories’ discredited target of slashing net migration to below 100,000 – a figure repeatedly missed.

Labour’s system would issue visas for jobs that are reliant on foreign workers, such as care, agriculture and construction.

But the number would be adjusted “as our needs change, or as shortages or surpluses develop,” Ms Abbott will say.