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<p>The Government published the White Paper ;The UK’s future skills-based immigration
system (Cm 9722) on 19 December 2018. The White Paper is the start of a new conversation
and we have launched a year-long engagement programme to take the views of stakeholders
across the UK to hear their priorities, concerns and ideas before policies and processes
are finalised and the new system comes into force from January 2021. We are determined
to ensure that the future system is efficient and able to respond to users’ needs.</p><p>We
have already delivered around 30 events reaching well over 500 stakeholders, for example,
business and employer representatives, including the Confederation of Business Industry,
the Federation of Small Businesses, as well as those from the health and social care
sector, the hospitality industry and the construction and automotive industries. We
are holding discussions with sectors and also across the UK, and have already held
events in Scotland and Northern Ireland, with events in Wales being scheduled for
April This is in addition to our continued engagement and negotiations with the EU
and international partners.</p><p>As part of this engagement, we have established
a range of advisory groups to enable detailed discussions with private, public and
voluntary sector employers and industry representatives. Membership details of these
groups will be published on gov.uk shortly.</p>
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