Sadiq Khan has warned that the Government’s changes to migration rules could cause a “full-blown recruitment crisis” in vital sectors of London’s economy.

The hospitality, arts, construction, health and social care sectors could all struggle to fill vacancies due to the Government’s plan to tighten migrant entry requirements, an analysis by City Hall has found.

The research found that those sectors collectively contribute approximately £75bn to London’s economy, representing more than 14 per cent of the city’s total output, and comprising nearly 20 per cent of the UK’s GDP.

Overall, there are over 1,000,000 jobs in these sectors in the capital, of which around 47 per cent are held by non-UK nationals.

…the Government’s changes are likely to impact at least 250,000 hospitality workers in London and worsen the industry’s chronic job shortages, including chefs and restaurant staff. Fifty-eight per cent of London’s hospitality workforce are non-UK citizens, the research points out.

The report also warns that there are almost 40,000 non-UK nationals working in London’s arts, entertainment and recreation sector - almost 40 per cent of the sector's workforce. Many of them are said to earn far below the £38,700 revised threshold, though precise numbers are not given…

A Government spokeswoman said: “We continue to face unprecedented levels of immigration since the pandemic…