Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has published the Government’s proposals to shake up Britain’s system for legal migration.
Here are the key elements of the immigration blueprint now being proposed by the Home Office:
Key criteria:
* The default timescale for being allowed to settle in the UK will be ten years.
* People will have to have English to A-level as a foreign language.
* They must have no criminal record – up from the current threshold of no offence leading to punishment of more than a 12-month suspended sentence.
* They must have no public debt.
Income and public service
* Highest earners, with incomes…
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