Anas Sarwar says UK net migration 'too high' as he backs Labour plan on skills

Anas Sarwar has backed a plan to cut net migration to the UK if Keir Starmer becomes the next prime minister.

Figures published after Rishi Sunak called the general election last month showed a net of 685,000 arrived in the UK last year - down from a record of 764,000 in 2022. "Right now, we have a failure to properly workforce plan our NHS. It means we are not teaching young people, or those who have lost their job in another sector, the appropriate skills to come and work in Scotland's health and social care system."

Speaking on a general election campaign stop in Scotstoun, Sarwar continued: "When you fail to properly upskill your own workforce, or to appropriately pay your workforce, that puts a heavier burden on trying to meet those workforce gaps through migration. "You can be proud of our migrant communities, you can recognise the huge role immigrants have made in this country, and I should know that with my own family, you can recognise that migrants make a disproportionately positive contribution to Scotland and the UK, but every country needs a strong immigration system."

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