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James Cleverly, the Home Secretary, told the Commons that to gain a work visa, migrants must in future secure a salary of at least £38,700 instead of the present £26,200. The government also said it would stop health and care workers and students bringing family dependants to Britain. He said this would have disqualified 300,000 who came to Britain last year. Mr Cleverly then flew off to Rwanda and signed a treaty intended to ensure that no one relocated there would risk being returned to a country threatening their life or freedom. Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour party, said in an article in the Sunday Telegraph: ‘Margaret Thatcher sought to drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism.’ Thames Water’s half-yearly profits more than halved to £246 million, and its debts rose to £14.7 billion. The last bank branch in Richmond, North Yorkshire, is to close.
The government was defeated 246 to 242 in the Commons vote to speed up compensation for those affected by the NHS infected blood scandal dating from the 1970s and 1980s.
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