Points-based immigration system in the UK ‘to be brought in by end of 2020’

Sky News reports that a points-based immigration system could be in place two years earlier than originally planned.

Home Secretary Priti Patel is reportedly set to tell her cabinet colleagues that Britain should implement an Australian-style system before the end of the year – to coincide with the end of Britain’s transition period with the EU.

A government source told the Daily Express: “We need to deliver change and businesses need to be prepared for uncontrolled migration of low-skilled workers to end this year.

The existing plan drawn up under Theresa May would have provided a temporary extension of EU rules after the Brexit implementation period, which comes to an end on 31 December 2020.

A change like this could impact businesses, as groups like the Confederation of British Industry previously said companies need “at least two years to adapt to any new immigration system”.

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