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Immigration and the UK’s Productivity Challenge
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06 July, 2015
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This is the second in a series of articles that looks at the role of the UK as a global trading nation. This article looks at immigration policy, and the role it can have in helping - or hindering - the UK's efforts to address the productivity challenge.
It is the second in a series of articles commissioned by NASSCOM, the premier trade body and the chamber of commerce of the Indian IT-BPM. The first report can be read here.
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