The London Mayor, Boris Johnson has warned that there are not many young people training for jobs that can help the economy. He also believes that there are way too many hairdressers or people training to become one, which isn't doing anything beneficial for the country, not the economic state.
Instead, he believes that the UK's IT industry is calling out for computer coders, while crane operators are required for building sites in major towns and cities.
He expressed that colleges needed to work more closely with business in order to train teenagers in the skills they need to get well-paid jobs. This would also help to reduce the reliance on foreign workers and cut immigration. He stated, “One of the great difficulties about the recovery is it has been slow in driving incomes up. You are now seeing incomes increase for skilled jobs of all kinds. Basically, if you have got a skill you will see your income going up now. People who don't have skills, of one kind or another are finding it tougher. We have got to up skill the UK labour force.”
Boris Johnson clarified that he was not shooing away foreigners, but believes that young people have the potential to take up high-skilled jobs, which would eventually lead to a rise in income. “That doesn't mean you have to tell talented foreigners to bog off. I don't think that's necessary. But you'll find that the labour market will start to reach a better equilibrium.”
Although he agrees with the immigration restraint, he stresses that if his great-grandfather had not left Turkey, Boris Johnson would not be here.
