The UK Home Office has been accused of creating chaos after a U-turn on the salary threshold for family visas, initially planned to rise from £18,600 to £38,700, then adjusted to £29,000 amidst right-wing Tory backlash, and finally settled to increase to £38,700 by spring 2025. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who has spoken out against mass migration, has been criticized for his government's 'J-turn' on immigrant visas and the two-stage change announcement. Critics, including Labour, have highlighted the government's heartless incompetence, and there are predictions of a mass immigration surge before the new threshold is enforced in spring. Sunak's policies, which echo Giorgia Meloni's extremist views, focus on outsourcing border control and have been delayed due to concerns that the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) would cut the fiscal headroom for tax cuts.
🔴 Rishi Sunak delayed a crackdown on illegal migration after voicing fears that the budget watchdog would slash his headroom for tax cuts. https://t.co/NHkwAsp0Zo
Giorgia Meloni and Rishi Sunak’s anti-migrant line is becoming mainstream throughout European politics. https://t.co/83B9GVM7y2
Rishi Sunak delayed a crackdown on illegal migration after voicing fears that the OBR would slash his headroom for tax cuts https://t.co/SJyofD7i3c
Italy and the UK need to take responsibility for their borders. Outsourcing asylum policies to Rwanda or to Albania will do nothing to deter illegal immigration. Sunak and Meloni are failing both migrants and their own citizens, says Dominic Standish https://t.co/NixB8uLgzy
Rishi Sunak and Giorgia Meloni center their anti-migrant policies on outsourcing border control to third countries. Sunak calls this "applying Thatcher's radicalism to illegal immigration" — but this sadistic approach is increasingly normal across Europe. https://t.co/83B9GVLzIu
‘More Broken Promises’ — Sunak’s Government Waters Down Restrictions on Chain Family Migration https://t.co/jA4BzME10m
Giorgia Meloni and Rishi Sunak’s extremist views on immigration are quickly finding foothold among European centrists, in a desperate, xenophobic attempt to create political blocs ahead of the European elections in June. https://t.co/83B9GVM7y2
Totally predictable Mass immigration surge likely before Spring Incompetent Tories ignore warnings Only @reformparty_uk will stop mass immigration & stop the boats https://t.co/1LvDIalfi4
PM @RishiSunak has already walked back the salary threshold to get a work permit. The aim was £38,700 but that will not be introduced until 2025, but has risen from £18,600 to £29,000 Everyone who comes to the country earning less than £40,000 a year is a burden to the country.… https://t.co/9stNVM2D1j
Migrants will have to meet new £38,700 salary threshold but not until 2025, as Sunak says change coming in two stages https://t.co/TxbdyjxG3A
The Home Office has now put out a (further) clarification on the timeline of this increase to the minimum income threshold (after backlash from right-wing Tories). The minimum income threshold will rise to £38,700 by spring 2025. That makes Labour's position even more important https://t.co/sEnkJhmB5M
It's fair to say the policy on salary thresholds for bringing in family members has been quite.... moveable: • 4 Dec: will rise from £18,600 to £38,700 • Yesterday: actually, £29,000 in spring. No timeline for £38,700 • Today: Rishi Sunak says it'll be £38,700 in early 2025.
Rishi Sunak won’t cut migration before election, Tory MPs warn https://t.co/TzK6m0EDFy
Rishi’s “J-turn” on immigrant visas exposes this government’s heartless incompetence. Me for @Independent https://t.co/oo0wXh1EJh
All you need to know about the chaos at the heart of the Tory government is encapsulated in their announcements on spousal visa income. £18,600 suddenly increased to £38,700 then back down to £29,000. People and businesses can’t make decisions in such instability!
It is a great shame that anyone on either frontbench ever supported this stupid and reactionary restriction. Home Office accused of ‘chaos’ after U-turn on salary threshold for family visa https://t.co/yhH01UILci https://t.co/dUscNu7b9T
British PM Rishi Sunak speaks out against mass migration: “…and our enemies will also see that we are unable to deal with this and they will so increasingly use migration as a weapon deliberately driving people to our shores to try to destabilize our societies. “If we do not… https://t.co/MqVH00j4p7