The government has abandoned plans to force businesses to reveal how many foreign staff they employ, following widespread condemnation and accusations that the policy was akin to tattooing workers “with numbers on their forearms”. Does Amber Rudd hate foreigners, or does she hate us? | David Mitchell Read moreLast week, Rudd unveiled plans to force companies to reveal how many foreign staff they employ, to a chorus of disapproval. It came after Steve Hilton, a former adviser to Cameron, had suggested that ministers might as well announce that “foreign workers will be tattooed with numbers on their forearms”. The plans to publish foreign worker numbers will not be included in the consultation.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2016 10:43 UTC