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This is an extract from Gordon Brown’s (UK’s Finance Minister) budget speech. Of interest may be the comment in section 3.92 highlighted below re working in the UK which may be of interest to non-EU Europa members.

Migration

3.91 Migration helps to raise productivity and boost economic growth by increasing labour supply and reducing domestic skills shortages. The UK benefits from free movement of labour within the EU, and to maximise these benefits, the Home Secretary has recently announced that workers from accession states will be allowed to access the UK labour market
from 1 May 2004, subject to a worker registration scheme.

3.92 The Government is also committed to promoting schemes to attract unique talent to the UK, recognising in particular the potential of international students, and will therefore introduce over the coming months a new entitlement for graduates of the world’s top 50 business schools to work in the UK for up to 12 months on completing MBAs

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