Reform UK's Migrant Worker Levy Sparks Warnings of NHS and School Staffing Crisis

Nigel Farage's Reform UK has unveiled plans for a "migrant worker surcharge" — an annual levy on employers hiring overseas staff — that experts warn would gut the NHS, cripple social care, drain school classrooms of teachers, and push some universities toward bankruptcy. The policy applies to any employee without a UK passport, including EU nationals with settled status, with the sole exception of Irish passport holders. No sector would be exempt — meaning the roughly...