What have they done? This is just stupid political posturing. At a time when the NHS and care sector (which should be NHS anyway) has a recruitment crisis, they announce this. They’ve made mistakes and this is another glaring example of their incompetence.

All part of the plan? We'll have to ask Wes Streeting... This Wes Streeting. goodlawproject.org/health-secre...

But on the other hand, we will all die sooner, hence help reducing the budget deficit.

Probably intended. If you can afford private health and social care ok, otherwise you'll have "assisted dying"!

Labour need to take a time out, they are so busy chasing the laser pointer they are shifting from the core principles they were elected on. Not just creep, this is a flight of panic, the best thing to do is take a few long breaths. That's the reason they are haemorrhaging support, not immigration.

I have a view, immigration is more visible as many more do frontline jobs. Nurses, auxiliary staff, taxi drivers, Uber, Deliveroo etc. So many people ‘oversee’ immigration? All while benefiting from it.

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That's the point managed decline to privatisation. Good old fashioned tory policy.

Why does the Gov believe that making it harder to fill these jobs is a good thing?

But Labour will placate the knuckledraggers - Trying to out-Tory Reform doesn't help the country.

In Spain and Portugal need there is shortage of docs & nurses cos they earn better elsewhere, but if the British government is so unthankful towards them, I'd be happy to earn less.