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The planned restrictions on immigration need to be thought out and include input from the business community in order to ensure they do not damage the UK's economic recovery, according to an expert.

Mark Swift, media relations manager for EEF - the manufacturers' organisation, said that UK businesses, including umbrella companies and contractors, need to see full details of any immigration cap before they are approved.

"Our response would be that it does have to be done in consultation with business so that it does allow for the right amount of flexibility," he said.

The expert added that by having discourse with the business community the government will be able to ensure companies which require high level skills in their employees will be able to attain the best candidates.

According to the Home Secretary, Theresa May, net migration will be scaled back to the levels of the 1990s, to tens of thousands rather than hundreds of thousands.

Posted by John Crawley