Labour to pay British firms £5k per foreign worker while nation's youths battle jobs crisis

Labour is set to pay British firms £5,000 per foreign worker - despite the nation's youths battling an unemployment crisis. The Government is set to subsidise "high-growth" firms up to £25,000 in visa costs for high-skilled workers hired from abroad in a scheme to be announced today. The scheme will cover specialist hires in the tech and digital, life sciences and clean energy sectors, alongside a scheme to fast-track UK Worker Expansion licence applications to help "high-potential international businesses set up in the UK more quickly". But opponents of the plan have described it as a disaster for young British...