Full details of the questions asked are within the Informing Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2018/19: Summary of Issues document.
You can also request a meeting with the Director or members of his team, via email directorsoffice@lme.gsi.gov.uk or telephone 0207 215 8865.
CIPP comment The CIPP policy and research team will be holding a think tank roundtable for CIPP members to meet with the director of LME to feed directly in to this consultation. The meeting will be held in London in September and attendance will be granted on a first come first served basis. If you wish to attend this event please respond promptly to the invitation as you receive it or contact the Samantha Mann, senior policy and research officer by email to policy.
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Change to Immigration Rules from January 2018 12 January 2018
The government has published a statement of changes to the immigration rules, the key policies of which came into force on 10 January 2018.
The purpose of the main changes is to:
• Take account of the future commencement of the immigration bail provisions in Schedule 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 • Provide for entry clearance to be issued electronically • Allow standard and marriage/civil partnership visit visa holders to transit using the same visa • Clarify and remove inconsistencies from the rules relating to indefinite leave to remain for main applicants and their dependants in work categories • Double the number of available places in the Tier 1 (Exceptional Talent) category to 2,000, and allow accelerated settlement for certain applicants • Consolidate and clarify the rules for Tier 1 (Entrepreneur) applicants • Make new Tier 2 provisions for research positions and for students switching from Tier 4.
For further details read the Statement of changes to immigration rules on GOV.UK.
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Next steps in Welsh tax devolution confirmed 30 January 2018
The first Welsh taxes for almost 800 years are ready to be switched on, with land transaction tax and landfill disposals tax replacing stamp duty land tax and landfill tax from 1 April 2018. Income tax will become devolved from April 2019.
Following an assessment of the Joint Exchequer Committee (Officials) on 10 January, the Welsh Government, Welsh Revenue Authority and HMRC confirmed that they are ready for the transition to the new devolved taxes.
The UK Government legislated for stamp duty land tax and landfill tax devolution in the Wales Act 2014 and in the Wales Act 2017 legislated to give the Welsh Government powers over Welsh rates of income tax from April 2019.
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