Britain | Points mean prizes

Britain’s post-Brexit immigration rules worry business

Ballerina with a PhD? Come on in

Points-based worker

BRITAIN NEEDS more ballerinas, biochemists and welders—but only “high integrity pipe welders” with at least three years’ experience. These are among the occupations which appear on the official “shortage occupation list” (SOL), which is central to the government’s planned new immigration rules.

This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Points mean prizes”

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