Liz Truss is expected to loosen immigration rules in an effort to stimulate economic growth amid warnings of a recession.
The prime minister is going to expand the government's shortage occupation list in order to help businesses fill vacancies by recruiting overseas workers with less bureaucracy.
The labour shortages of skilled workers in the UK are one of the main concerns of employers across a range of sectors, as Truss has faced industry demands for more migrant workers to be given visas to come to the UK.
The visa system for skilled work has not been responsive enough for businesses to deal with the shortages they have experienced, especially in the hospitality sector.
Downing Street did not deny that the prime minister is planning to liberalise routes to allow foreign workers to move to the UK, the PA news agency reported.
The six-month time limit is expected to be lifted and the cap is extended, according to the Sun.
A No 10 source told the newspaper, "We need to put measures in place so that we have the right skills that the economy, including the rural economy, needs to stimulate growth."
There will be increasing numbers in some areas and decreasing in others. The prime minister has made clear that we want to see people who are economically inactive get back into work. During her campaign for the Conservative leadership, Truss promised to tackle the labour shortages in farming, which were caused by post-Brexit freedom of movement restrictions and accentuated by the Pandemic, with a short-term expansion to the seasonal workers scheme.
According to a recent government report, such shortages were badly affecting the food and farming sector, forcing farmers to cull healthy pigs and leave fruit rotting in the fields.
The plan for migration reform is expected to be finalized later this year by the government.