{"id":93465,"date":"2026-08-27T13:32:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=93465"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:32:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:32:42","slug":"huge-drop-in-skilled-worker-visas-as-britain-spends-4-3bn-on-asylum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/huge-drop-in-skilled-worker-visas-as-britain-spends-4-3bn-on-asylum\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge drop in skilled worker visas as Britain spends \u00a34.3bn on asylum"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA2b2ugf.img?w=768&h=512&m=6&x=447&y=114&s=118&d=118\" alt=\"Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood (PA)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The number of UK visas issued to foreign workers has continued to plummet, new Home Office figures show.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/other\/huge-drop-in-skilled-worker-visas-as-britain-spends-4-3bn-on-asylum\/ar-AA2b2LNO?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=eb3ddc08c8f64844e5176bb9a7ab4df3&ei=36\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The number of UK visas issued to foreign workers has continued to plummet, new Home Office figures show. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-and-social-care"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Carer-at-work.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93465"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93466,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93465\/revisions\/93466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}