The government says it is still planning to increase salary threshold to £38,700 but Tory backbenchers have called the move ‘deeply disappointing’
Miriam Cates, co-chair of the New Conservatives, a group of rightwing Tory MPs who want lower migration, tax cuts, and socially conservative policies, has also spoken out against the family visa threshold U-turn. As the Times reports, she said:
Immigration into the UK is far, far too high, putting pressure on our economy, public services and our democracy. In order to bring numbers down, the government has to take decisive action, limiting the number of visas given out to foreign workers, students and dependants. Reducing the threshold for spousal visas so soon after promising a crack down does not bode well.
When he became first minister in 2018, Drakeford promised to do radical things. He conceded that the Covid pandemic got in the way of some ambitions. “But I think, I hope, people will see this as a period when we did some of those challenging and radical things.”
One of the first was to scrap the M4 relief road, which supporters believed would relieve congestion on the motorway and boost the economy but critics said would cause huge environmental damage, not least to the precious Gwent Levels.
Continue reading…The government says it is still planning to increase salary threshold to £38,700 but Tory backbenchers have called the move ‘deeply disappointing’Miriam Cates, co-chair of the New Conservatives, a group of rightwing Tory MPs who want lower migration, tax cuts, and socially conservative policies, has also spoken out against the family visa threshold U-turn. As the Times reports, she said:Immigration into the UK is far, far too high, putting pressure on our economy, public services and our democracy. In order to bring numbers down, the government has to take decisive action, limiting the number of visas given out to foreign workers, students and dependants. Reducing the threshold for spousal visas so soon after promising a crack down does not bode well.When he became first minister in 2018, Drakeford promised to do radical things. He conceded that the Covid pandemic got in the way of some ambitions. “But I think, I hope, people will see this as a period when we did some of those challenging and radical things.”One of the first was to scrap the M4 relief road, which supporters believed would relieve congestion on the motorway and boost the economy but critics said would cause huge environmental damage, not least to the precious Gwent Levels. Continue reading…