Poll: Should companies employ young British workers ahead of better-qualified immigrants?
As a Government minister says that companies have a "social duty" to employ young British workers rather than better-qualified immigrants, we ask what you think.
Conservative Business Minister Matthew Hancock said firms have a responsibility to ensure young people in the communities where they are based are given the opportunity to get a job and get on in life.
He said employers should be prepared to invest in training British staff rather than simply looking for "pure profit".
He said: "During the last boom there was a lot of recruitment from abroad and, in fact, youth unemployment went up, even during the boom. This is about a change of culture. I'm arguing that it is companies' social responsibility, it is their social duty, to look at employing locally first.
"That may mean that they have to do more training. It may mean more training in hard skills, in specific skills.
" The responsibility of employers is to the that they live in as well as to pure profit."
Should companies employ young British workers ahead of better-qualified immigrants? Vote in our poll below and have your say in the comments section:
