New salary threshold for UK visas still cruel, say campaigners

Critics say £29,000 remains a discriminatory figure that breaks up families – with more increases ahead

A partial government climbdown on the minimum salary level for British nationals to bring foreign relatives to the UK will still tear families apart and discriminate against those on low incomes, campaigners and lawyers have warned.

On Friday the Home Office published a new factsheet on its new rules legal migration, which said that from spring 2024 the threshold will increase from £18,600 initially to £29,000 – instead of the £38,700 indicated early this month.