Introduction / Martin Ruhns and Bridget Anderson -- Migrant workers: who needs them? -- A framework for the analysis of staff shortages, immigration, and public policy / Bridget Anderson and Martin Ruhs -- Changing shares of migrant labour in different sectors and occupations in the UK economy: an overview / Vanna Aldin, Dan James, and Jonathan Wadsworth -- Achieving a self-sufficient workforce? -- The utilization of migrant labour in healthcare / Stephen Bach -- Competing with myths: migrant labour in social care / Jo Moriarty -- Use of migrant labour in the hospitality sector: current and future implications / Rosemary Lucas and Steve Mansfield -- UK food businesses' reliance on low-wage migrant labour: a case of choice or constraint? / Andrew Geddes and Sam Scott -- Dynamics of migrant employment in construction: can supply of skilled labour ever match demand? / Paul Chan, Linda Clarke, and Andrew Dainty -- Immigration and the UK labour market in financial services: a case of conflicting policy challenges? / Andrew Jones -- Need for migrant labour? -- UK-US Comparisons / Philip Martin.