Councils should be placed at the heart of plans to align immigration with the needs of local economies, but must do more to help new arrivals integrate, MPs have reported.
A Home Affairs Committee report published today called for councils to be placed at the heart of a system of ‘stronger co-ordination’ between immigration and labour market policy - to ensure that immigration ‘works for the economic and social interests of the UK and its citizens’.
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