7 tripwires for Rishi Sunak as 2024 fires up – POLITICO

7 tripwires for Rishi Sunak as 2024 fires up – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Rishi Sunak will need to watch his step this year. The U.K. prime minister faces a succession of tripwires that will make his second (and potentially last) full year in the job the toughest yet. With MPs returning to parliament Monday and … Read more

all the winners from a wild year in UK politics – POLITICO

all the winners from a wild year in UK politics – POLITICO

Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — It was meant to be the year two quiet technocrats, Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, brought calm to the fevered Westminster swamp. Unfortunately SW1 didn’t get the memo. Politics remained pretty much as wild in 2023 as it has been since David Cameron — back in action as U.K. foreign secretary … Read more

UK waters down plan for £38,700 minimum salary to bring over foreign spouses – POLITICO

UK waters down plan for £38,700 minimum salary to bring over foreign spouses – POLITICO

LONDON — The U.K. government softened its controversial plan to make it more difficult for people to bring non-British spouses to the U.K. Under a major legal migration shake-up announced earlier this month, the Home Office declared that it would significantly raise the minimum salary that British citizens or migrants already settled in the U.K. … Read more