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    Voices: Why are foreigners like me being punished for falling in love with a Brit?

    by Kate Ng Dec 11, 2023 3 minutes
    Source: Kate Ng

    When the government announced it was introducing a new minimum income threshold for Britons with foreign spouses, I saw red. As the foreign spouse of a UK national, I keep one eye trained on visa requirements, knowing the next price hike, the next policy change, the next time I have to prove I am worthy of being here is always around the corner. But the Tory government’s latest decision is its cruelest yet. It shows just how much contempt it has for the people it claims to be defending.

    I met my husband – a jaw-dropping increase of more than £20,000.

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