May rules out firms facing £1,000 levy on EU staff after Brexit

The Government is not considering a £1,000 levy on businesses for hiring skilled workers from the European Union after Brexit, the PM has insisted. Downing Street spoke up to say the idea was "not on the agenda" after Home Office minister Robert Goodwill raised the prospect of such a scheme - with such a charge on recruitment from outside the bloc due to come into force later this year. The suggestion it could be extended to EU workers was met with fury by the European Parli