many in the care sector welcomed the government's decisions, including raj sehgal.we didn't have international recruitment, we didn't - have the staff that we've got, i think we would probably - be closed by now. i struggled myself as home secretary to even have a meaningful conversation with him about it. i was left to written correspondence on several occasions throughout a period of 12 months, putting forward policy proposals, but he refused to talk to me. number ten declined to comment on this. in 2019, the conservatives committed to reducing immigration, and despite a new visa system introduced after brexit, the opposite happened. professor brian bell is chair of the government's independent migration advisory committee. we've offered humanitarian schemes to the ukraine and hong kong citizens. we've increased the number of international students and we've increased the number of workers, particularly in the health and social care sector. they are all the result of deliberate policy by the government. yes, i bought the place in 2002... many in the care sector we

this care home is one of five owned by raj sehgal. he says brexit and the pandemic made finding and keeping staff a real problem. two years ago, instead of the 130 staff raj needed, he had 77. we are in the job centres, we go to the schools, we go to job fairs. in care, we just simply could not recruit. and as a result of that, we had to start shutting down beds. there you go. so 35% of our beds were shut. we couldn't get the staff to look after the people that we had safely. thank you! raj and other care home owners campaigned to make it easier to employ overseas care workers. in 2021, the government agreed. right now, 40% of raj�*s staff are from abroad. he's filled almost all of his vacancies. if we didn't have international recruitment, we didn't have the staff that we've got, i think we would probably be closed by now. in england last year, there were around 150,000 job vacancies in adult social care. raj�*s daughterjasmine now runs an agency helping to find staff for their care homes and others. we started getting asked by other

this care home is one of five owned by raj sehgal. real problem. two years ago, instead of the 130 staff raj needed, he had 77. we are in the job centres, we go to the schools, we go to job fairs. in care, we just simply could not recruit. and as a result of that, we had to start shutting down beds. there you go. so 35% of our beds were shut. we couldn't get the staff to look after the people that we had safely. thank you! raj and other care home owners campaigned to make it easier to employ overseas care workers.