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Ministers row back on earnings rule for migrants

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December 22, 2023

A PLANNED hike in the earnings threshold that Britons need to bring foreign family members to live in the UK has been eased.

- Michael Knowles

Ministers row back on earnings rule for migrants

Home Secretary James Cleverly had announced the increase from £18,600 to £38,700 to help curb legal migration. But the move attracted criticism as it threatened to tear families apart.

Now Home Office minister Lord Sharpe has confirmed an increase to £29,000 in the spring. The minister said that the current £18,600 allows 75% of the working population to bring in foreign family members.

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