All four nations of the UK have seen a huge decrease in applications since Brexit came into force this year, whilst the number of non-EU students accepted to British universities has seen a significant increase.
A recent report found that 42 per cent of fintech workers, who are key to growth in the UK finance industry, are from abroad.
The Home Secretary gave Windrush as an example of her compassion, and rejected the idea that the Home Office is hostile - just as it banned hundreds of millions of EU citizens from travelling to the UK with their national IDs.
“Ultimately, now I think we have just run out of time. That’s despite warnings being sounded since the summer of the scale of the potential labour shortage we might face," a food industry representative has said.
In an announcement on Friday evening, the government said 300 fuel drivers would be able to come to the UK from overseas “immediately” under a bespoke temporary visa which will last until March.
“The prime minister should be taking emergency action today but yet again he’s failed to grasp the seriousness of the crisis," Starmer said.
“It is nice to know there are specialist jobs available here for us after Brexit. We would never have been headhunted to drive a lorry if we’d gone back to Germany," one German citizen has said.
Priti Patel said European ID cards are "insecure", and wouldn't be valid for travel to the UK.
“Like a whack-a-mole game where once one difficulty is resolved, another appears soon after."