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Changes to visa rules ‘destroy notion of UK as place for families’, campaigners say
The minimum income for family visas rose to £29,000 on Thursday and will rise further to £38,700 by early 2025.
Patients seen queuing ‘around the block’ for GP care
"This is the worst I’ve seen it, I’ve seen it bad but never as bad this", Patient Anna-Maria Cahalane said.
Open Democracy announces lay-offs
Ruby Lott-Lavigna said it was a "sad day for radical, not-for-profit media"
US ‘considering’ dropping prosecution of Julian Assange, Biden says
The founder of WikiLeaks has been fighting extradition to the US.
Rishi Sunak goes full Partridge during LBC interview
"HI RHONDA!"
Italian waiters quit London as post-Brexit rules take a bite out of thriving industry
According to Italian daily La Repubblica, waiters are bidding arrivederci to the capital due to a tightening of the visa rules.
UK will continue allowing arms exports to Israel – Cameron
The Foreign Secretary said the latest legal assessment left the Government’s position on arms exports unchanged.
‘We’re all funding hate’: UK Govt is biggest advertiser on GB News
More than £1 million of UK taxpayer money has been spent on almost 10,500 ads since the channel launched in the summer of 2021.
Rwanda’s state-owned airline rejects UK proposal to transport asylum seekers to Kigali
A Home Office insider noted the “irony” of the state-owned airline distancing itself from a scheme that Rwanda’s government has said it is “proud” to be involved in.