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New immigration rules would make a "major recruitment crisis" worse and lead to a "severe" shortage of carers, Care Forum Wales has warned. Chairman Mario Kreft said pay levels would have to rise significantly to attract "home-grown" staff. The Welsh government said the plans showed an "alarming lack of understanding" of Wales' economy and would unnecessarily damage prosperity. The UK government said it would end the reliance on "cheap" immigrant […]

The UK Government is pursuing a “dangerous, damaging and isolationist” path on Brexit, according to Scotland’s Constitutional Relations Secretary. Mike Russell said the Scottish Government is stepping up its “defence” against Westminster’s plans as it exits the EU. Boris Johnson’s administration is set to deliver a “hard, uncompromising, extreme Brexit, which rejects co-operation and collaboration and instead seeks to retreat into some mythical empire”, he said. Against that backdrop, Mr […]

EU leaders made no headway on Thursday in fractious talks on a joint 2021-27 budget that was left with a 75 billion euro (62.9 billion pounds) hole after Britain’s departure at a time when they face costly new challenges from climate change to migration. The joint budget is the most tangible expression of the European Union’s priorities over the next seven years - and its member states’ willingness to stump […]

EU leaders are meeting in Brussels this week to discuss the bloc's future budget plans. These negotiations are always challenging, tending to pit net payers against net beneficiaries. There are proposals from the European Commission and the Parliament that some countries think involve spending too much. This time, the talks are further complicated by the departure of the UK, which was a large net contributor. The talks are about the […]