New Delhi, May 12 -- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office, in a decisive move to reshape the immigration system, announced a sweeping set of reforms aimed at reducing net migration and promoting higher-skilled labour. The official statement, released on Monday (May 12), marks a significant policy shift that seeks to prioritise domestic workers and bolster border enforcement.

"We're ending Britain's open borders experiment," read the statement from 10 Downing Street. "For too long, businesses were actively encouraged to bring in lower paid workers, rather than invest in our own people. We're fixing the system and restoring control to our borders."

One of the most striking changes includes raising the minimum skills threshold for overs...