But Home Secretary Priti Patel wants to make the system more generous to people willing to live outside London. Labour ’s Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott said the plan would fail – and would do nothing to solve the shortage of workers in the NHS. “There is no workable system to encourage or divert migrants to some parts of the country, and not others. That would not automatically trigger an election, but it would leave the Government without a legislative plan and struggling to govern. Ms Patel claimed ahead of the speech she would also crack down on foreign criminals, with new extradition rules and tougher sentences for violent and sexual offenders.

Source: Daily Mirror October 13, 2019 20:48 UTC