Tory Right Criticise Sunak’s ‘Weakness’ Over Family Visa Climbdown

The prime minister is under fire from some in his party for rowing back on plans to raise the minimum salary requirement to £38,700.
Tory Right Criticise Sunak’s ‘Weakness’ Over Family Visa Climbdown
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves Dorland House in London after giving evidence to the UK COVID-19 Inquiry on Dec. 11, 2023. Jordan Pettitt/PA
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Right-wing Tory MPs have criticised the government’s watering down of plans to hike the earnings threshold for Britons bringing family members to the UK as a “regrettable sign of weakness.”

Ministers rowed back on under-fire plans to imminently raise the minimum salary requirement to £38,700.