Home Office ban on dependants allows for 'more manageable approach' to care recruitment, minister says

Banning overseas care workers from bringing loved ones to the UK will ensure a “more manageable approach” to staffing the sector, a minister has said.

The new rules will come into effect from March 11, the Government has announced, as part of a package of other measures aimed at tackling “unsustainable and unfair levels of migration”.

sector providers previously told how they were “blindsided” when the changes were first revealed in December, with Care warning it has “grave concerns” the move could drive people from a sector which has relied on overseas