A Scots MP has mocked Rishi Sunak for spending more than Donald Trump on Facebook ads.
22.12.2023 - 23:27 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Rishi Sunak has announced that plans to hike the earnings threshold for bringing family members to Britain will not be fully imposed until 2025 after the announcement came under fire.
The Prime Minister said the minimum salary requirement would still be raised to £38,700, but conceded the hike would be "phased" in over the next year, despite anger from some Tory MPs about the rowback.
The Government on Thursday, December 21, quietly announced the threshold would first be increased to £29,000 in the spring, and then increased in "incremental stages", without setting out a timetable.
On a visit to the headquarters of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance on Friday, he told broadcasters: "We're increasing the salary threshold significantly, and we're doing it exactly as we said we were doing it, we're just doing it in two stages.
"So we'll go up in a few months' time and then it will go off again the full amount in early 2025. So it's exactly what we said we're doing, just phasing it over the next year or so."
Ministers were previously criticised for raising the minimum requirement from £18,600 to £38,700, with concerns over families being disrupted and the scale of the increase.
The climbdown has angered hard-line Conservative MPs in favour of tighter migration controls.
David Jones, deputy chairman of the right-wing European Research Group, told the PA news agency on Friday: "The latest net migration figures very starkly showed the extent of the crisis we face. Increasing the threshold was absolutely necessary to address that crisis.
"The Government should have stuck to its guns. Yesterday's decision was a regrettable sign of weakness, made worse by the fact that Parliament was not sitting and therefore was unable to
A Scots MP has mocked Rishi Sunak for spending more than Donald Trump on Facebook ads.
FKA Twigs has shared her thoughts on a Calvin Klein poster featuring the singer has been banned in the UK, with the ruling claiming it is “likely to cause serious offence” by objectifying women.The banned poster in question saw the artist posing with a denim shirt draping over one shoulder – leaving the side of her buttocks and half of one break exposed. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received two complaints about the campaign image, each arguing that the portrayal of Twigs was “overly sexualised” and caused offence by objectifying women.Commenting on the campaign photo and follow-up complaints, the ASA made a statement reading (via The Times): “We considered the image’s composition placed viewers’ focus on the model’s body rather than on the clothing being advertised,” the ruling said.
A new law will be introduced to exonerate hundreds of Post Office branch managers caught up in the Horizon IT scandal.
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This year many UK mobile providers will up customers' monthly bills to cover rising inflation costs including Sky, who has confirmed all out of contract customers will pay an extra £36 a year. That's £3 on top of what customers already pay per month for their phone or SIM deal.
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David Ellefson has opened up about the sex scandal that led to him being fired from Megadeth.In 2021, allegations against the former Megadeth bassist surfaced after several explicit screenshots and videos – which Ellefson said were “some private and personal conversations and interactions” – were shared on social media with some claiming that he’d groomed an underage girl.Ellefson denied any wrongdoing at the time saying explicit text messages were between consenting adults and that the woman was not underage at the time.That same year, he filed revenge-porn charges against the person whom he alleged illegally leaked a video and screenshots that prompted the allegations against him, and he met police in Scottsdale, Arizona, pursue the charges.The situation has now been resolved and the ex-bassist took the time to reflect on the incident. “There’s two sides to it.
Rage Against The Machine drummer Brad Wilk has announced that the band “will not be touring or playing live again”.Today (January 3), Wilk took to his personal Instagram account to post a statement on behalf of Rage Against The Machine, where he addressed the band’s previously cancelled 2023 dates and whether replacement shows will be announced.“I know a lot of people are waiting for us to announce new tour dates for all the cancelled RATM shows,” he wrote. “So, while there has been some communication that this may be happening in the future… I want to let you know that RATM (Tim, Zack, Tom and I) will not be touring or playing live again.”Wilk repeatedly expressed his regret over the band’s situation, concluding his statement with an apology: “I’m sorry for those of you who have been waiting for this to happen.
After his first full year in office, Rishi Sunak is almost guaranteed to face a general election this year.
XL bully dogs must be kept on a lead and muzzled in public under strict new rules that have come into force today (December 31).
Gypsy Rose Blanchard is getting some disappointing news.
The four members of the K-Pop group BLACKPINK are seemingly setting the stage for furthering their solo careers… which they will not be doing with YG Entertainment.
A major change to the way we buy alcohol is set to come into force for the UK next year.
can’t come to the phone right now — because he moved across the pond.British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new Christmas video has royal fans raising their eyebrows.The 43-year-old politician’s holiday clip has viewers questioning if he was mocking the Duke of Sussex, 39. Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, moved away from the United Kingdom in 2020 after taking a step back as senior members of the royal family.In the holiday video posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, Sunak joked that he was alone at his 10 Downing Street residence — and quipped that he was going to enjoy the peace and quiet.He then began cuddling his cat Larry, knocking soda cans over the floor, watching the 2003 comedy “Elf” and roasting marshmallows before his phone rang. “Uh, No.
FBI: Most Wanted is making a return very soon.
Naman Ramachandran Contenders in the best film category at the BAFTAs will require an expanded theatrical release from the 2025 awards. From 2025, films must be theatrically exhibited publicly for the first time to a paying audience on at least 50 commercial screens in the U.K. for at least seven days across 50 sites at the widest point of release or the equivalent of at least 350 screenings.
The government ministers and officials who spoke of a 'punishment beating' for Greater Manchester during the pandemic when local leaders resisted tougher Covid restrictions without adequate funding have been named. Andy Burnham's behaviour during his stand-off with the government in autumn 2020 was described as 'appalling' at the meeting attended by the UK's top politicians and advisers.
Rishi Sunak will face an electoral test early in the new year after voters in Peter Bone MP’s seat triggered a by-election.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed when the General Election will be held.