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Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM

· The Guardian

Wes Streeting plans to increase high-skilled immigration if he becomes PM

Wes Streeting’s pitch to be the next Labour leader will include a plan to increase high-skilled immigration to the UK, arguing that Donald Trump is telling scientists and AI experts they are not welcome in the US.

In a speech this coming week, the former health secretary will also say that tax revenues from new North Sea oil and gasfields should be used to cut energy bills.

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