UK Immigration White Paper 2025

What employers need to know

On 12 May 2025, the government published an immigration white paper setting out its proposals for future reform of the immigration system, with the overriding aim of lowering net migration and improving community cohesion. In summary, the key proposals outlined in the ‘Restoring control over the immigration system: white paper’ include plans to:

Higher salary and skills thresholds for skilled workers

• Raising the thresholds for ‘skilled workers’: the salary and skills thresholds for the skilled worker visa route will raise as follows:
  • The Immigration Salary List, which was only introduced last year, currently allows listed occupations to benefit from a 20% discount to the minimum threshold salary requirement, will be abolished (although some transitional arrangements will apply); and
  • The skills threshold will increase, reverting back to requiring a minimum of RQF level 6 (graduate level) skills instead of the current minimum of RQF level 3 (A-Level-equivalent) therefore scaling back the 2020 broadening of the requirements needed to address anticipated skills shortages as a result of Brexit. This could have significant impact on certain industries (such as construction and healthcare) already struggling to maintain sufficient workforce levels for certain lower to medium skilled roles.

New Temporary Shortage Occupation List (TSL)

• Introducing a new Temporary Shortage List: to gain access to the points-based...

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