https://web.archive.org/web/20231204121735/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67612106
Fantastic idea by the UK government, they're trying to cut down in legal migration.. yknow the actual people who will pay taxes instead of leeching off the system.
there had been "abuse" of health and care visas for years.
If they're not a British citizen, charge them for it. I don't see how that is difficult.
Immigration is shaping up to be a key issue ahead of the next general election
We all know what immigration is bad, but I guess they'll just skirt that topic and just go after the people who actually put something into the pot, even if it isn't a significant amount...
From what I hear from my mates in London, this'll probably piss off one demographic the most: The Chinese
London has a LARGE amount of Chinese students, who also have no social awareness whatsoever, that social credit score system has rotted away that cognitive process that gives you street smarts. Fortunately they all live in student accommodation in basically mini student villages within London to keep them away from....the undesirables. But a cut in legal migration will probably affect them and skilled workers.
Listen if you pay me 100k a year, give me a nice cottage by Dover and allow me to bring a Barrett 50.cal with a ton of ammo, I can GREATLY lower your immigration problems and there won't be much clean up, maybe the occasional bonfire by the beach for...drift Wood /s