Sadiq Khan: London wants extra migrants
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ayor of London Sadiq Khan says the capital wants “more migrants” and desires the powers to let extra folks come to the town to work.
The politician stated he had “respect” for individuals who believed the numbers of individuals coming to the UK ought to go down however stated elevated migration would increase London’s economy.
Speaking to Channel 4 News, he stated: “I’ve no hesitation in saying we need more migrants in London”.
He added: “Park the social benefits to our city from migration, park the cultural benefits to our city from migration, I’ve spent this morning with some of our city’s leading business people who create jobs, wealth and prosperity.
“They’ve got a skills shortage and a labour shortage.
“We’ve got a pipeline of training up Londoners for future proofed jobs, even if every single Londoner who is currently not working was trained up to do these jobs we would still have a massive number of vacancies, a record number of vacancies in the health sector, in social care sector and hospitality and tech and so forth so we need a sensible migration policy.”
He used the instance of an getting older workforce within the building business and the lack of EU-born employees as proof of the necessity for “sensible migration” and stated if different components of the nation wished decrease migration then London needs to be allowed to go its personal method.
He stated: “Devolve to cities like London the powers to have a regional shortage occupation list so I can be in charge of deciding how many people come into London to help our economy.”