The UK government’s plans to ensure “Britain is open for business” post-Brexit have in part been revealed in new plans to attract the “brightest and best talent from around the world”, using a new, points-based immigration system.

Now the UK has left the European Union (EU), “it is clearly going to be necessary to attract investment” and "hopefully we will have an investment system that reflects that", Kelvin Tanner, an immigration partner at Charles Russell Speechlys, told eprivateclient.

Described by Home Secretary Priti Patel as “taking back control”, the new system requires individuals hop...