Migrant work visas may go up for sale - Telegraph: "Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), the body asked by the Government to recommend an immigration cap, yesterday said selling a number of visas to employers desperate to recruit overseas staff should be considered.
The proposal, which the committee's report said had 'appeal', has the potential to start bidding wars among rival companies willing to pay hundreds or even thousands of pounds to bring specialist workers into the UK.
It was suggested alongside a 20pc reduction in the number of work-related visas issued by the Government during the lifetime of this Parliament, which could see up to 12,600 fewer work-related visas issued in 2011-12. Professor David Metcalf, of the MAC, said family and student migration should bear the brunt of the cap, which was broadly welcomed by business groups."
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