business community in recent years. he talked about being a party of pro business, he talks about profits, saying he respected the idea of profit and what it does for jobs, growth and taxpayers. the main part of keir starmer s speech that was briefed quite a bit in advance to the media was what he had to say about immigration, he talks about the economy having to get over the idea of relying on cheap immigration dependence, the idea, as some would see it, having been in recent years when the uk was part of the european union and the free movement that came with that, he talks about the points based system he wants to have wear as a business he would be able to bring in skilled workers and occupations on shortage lists but he also said there would be a price that business would be expected to pay in terms of spelling out exactly what they were doing to train people, exactly what they were doing
leaders there. saying that labour now was probably pro growth and pro business. of course, the economic backdrop to this conference is pretty bleak. the country is in recession. productivity is very low. growth has stalled. and one thing that businesses would like to see, certainly the cbi. is more skilled immigration to help plug the labour shortage of gaps that exist in the economy. they have been urging government ministers to loosen up the rules on the people they can bring into the country. and that s a question that rishi sunak addressed yesterday. and keir starmer did as well today. he did not give the cbi really what they wanted on that. sayingthat controls migration was essential. this is what the labour leader said. our common goals must be to help the british economy off its immigration dependence. the days when low pay and cheap labour are part of the british way