Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Director-General Tony Danker will urge United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to foster immigration to help solve job shortages, the British media reported on Monday.
Danker's remarks are expected at the CBI conference in Birmingham today, where he will be advocating for fixed-term visas for economic migrants to provide a workforce for hard-to-fill positions, reportedly asking the government to be "practical." The head of Britain's biggest business lobby group is also expected to address the Northern Ireland Protocol, supporting the trade agreement, as "the best guarantor of Brexit is an economy that grows. Its biggest risk is one that doesn't."
Finally, Danker is said to be ready to offer his support for British Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt's £55 billion package of tax increases and cuts in public spending unveiled last week, calling it "incredibly welcome."
