Should the government increase or decrease the amount of temporary work visas given to high-skilled immigrant workers?

Decrease them, which would allow citizens to get jobs which would overall limit immigration and increase employment within the country, make skilled workers out of your own citizens without exploiting people from other countries for the low wage.

As above - we shouldn’t only be allowing skilled workers into the uk? We need unskilled labour as well

The UK should invest in education both broadly and narrowly to these high skilled jobs, amd now should continue letting people move here and share their skills

Business needs should help to set targets but also more money should be put into smiling own workers.

Difficult to decide as we are taking high skilled workers away from third world countries. However if immigrants want to move & work in the UK they should be able to.

Keep the current amount, the government should make the legal way of becoming a citizen easier as immigrants are using visas as a way to skip the process who can then be easily exploited due to them becoming illegals when the visas expire

Decrease, the government should make the legal way of becoming a citizen easier as immigrants are using visas as a way to skip the process who can then be easily exploited due to them becoming illegals when the visas expire

Increase, sector-based, e.g. the NHS appears to be in urgent need of high-skilled workers. So based on the business needs schemes that make it easier for certain groups of high-skilled immigrants to enter the UK.

We should get the best people for the job, but look into why our citizens are not getting them and provide incentives to achieve them

I am satisfied with the current amount, but work towards decreasing by training citizens for these jobs

Improve conditions, and focus on education and training for high-skill jobs. Nationality should not be a factor.

The current amount is fine but the government should provide more incentives and invest more into putting our citizens in these jobs.

Improve British schools and apprenticeship schemes

Do whatever the job market requires. There is also the thought around having more young people living in the country paying taxes = more money to help the people depending on the state helping them i.e. elderly

Keep numbers at whatever level they need to be to ensure the success of the economy and society. However the government must do more to increase our own pool of high skill workers

Increase, but with valid background checks and a once a year check in to see their contribution. In turn, we should be preparing our citizens for these jobs.

Increased but they shouldn’t be underpaid and paid at the same rate as a British worker with identical skills

I think we should decrease temporary work visas and increase permanent work visas

Decrease, the lower wages given also negatively impact the lives of already suffering people