A concession currently allows shearers from Australia and New Zealand to travel to the UK for three months but the rules are set to change.

Labour has backtracked on plans to block foreign sheep shearers following a backlash from farmers. Ministers have confirmed proposals to extend visa-free access for elite sheep shearers for at least ...

Scottish farmers say Home Office rule changes are likely to leave more than a million sheep unshorn ...

One-year reprieve granted after risk that woolly animals might go unshorn this summer ...

Northumberland MPs welcome the news overseas shearers will be allowed to work for one more year.

Labour is determined to stop issuing visas for overseas sheep shearers despite the problems for farmers and the animal welfare crisis that this will cause ...

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The industry has been warned it must rely on a UK-based workforce in the future ...