Anne Booth 💙

Meanwhile⬇️ This is what we are having to deal with. It’s inhumane…No one is talking about it…using British citizens married to foreigners to get immigration numbers down. I’m a British citizen and the U.K. government won’t let my foreign wife live with me in the U.K. I own my own house outright, (no rent no mortgage) I’m self employed, my wife is a university graduate, artist, illustrator that speaks three languages. They say we may be a risk to the welfare system because I don’t earn a skilled worker’s salary. Imagine how this feels, my wife can’t live here because I dont earn a figure that my government plucked from the sky! We are paying £500+ to rent an apartment in Turkey for my wife, plus utilities ect. Money that could stay in the U.K. (Anna’s home country is Russia but left when Russia invaded Ukraine) I keep getting told go and live in your wife’s country…problem solved! Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. advises against all travel to Russia due to the risks and threats from its continuing invasion of Ukraine, including: security incidents, such as drone attacks, and Russian air defence activity lack of flights to return to the UK limited ability for the UK government to provide support I would not be entitled to benefits and nor would my wife so what’s the risk? I can not reinvest in by business because I have to show 29k profit, so the business suffers. My wife can’t visit the U.K. on a tourist visa because the U.K. government feels Anna may overstay her visa! The only way is for me to visit Anna. When I’m not working I’m not earning, so how do I get to the 29k. To live with my wife I will have to sell up and leave the U.K. This is how the U.K. government discriminates against its own citizens. It’s called MIR. As for the astronomical visa fees, which the government can not answer how they came up with such a figure, nor can they say what it’s spent on. Family visa for being married to a British citizen £1846. (The money left over from the processing of the visa should be refunded) in retail or trade keeping the money and not been able to give a detailed receipt would be illegal and trading standards would be involved. For example to issue a Schengen visa fee to visit 29 countries €90….make that make sense. The legal migration business run by the British government leading to hundreds of British citizens to live apart from wife’s, husband’s, children… Minimum income requirement for a British citizen Husband/wife £29,000 Savings route £88,000 Initial Visa application £1,846 Extension Every 2.5 Years (x3) £3,774 Immigration Health Surcharge £10,350 Indefinite Leave to Remain £2,885 Total £18,855 Excluding language test, legal costs… Role/Possible Title Typical Salary (£/year) Education Assistant ~£24,420 Educational Assistant (daily) ~£20,000-£25,000 (variable) Education Support Assistant £16,000-£20,600 averag Education Support Worker £17,500-£26,400 typica range Teaching Assistant (range) £8,832 - £28,596 Healthcare Assistant (general) ~£24,800-£24,900 Health Care Assistant (range) £14,200 - £20,748 Health Assistant (median) ~£18,960 Real-world NHS HTC £23,000 - £24,000 Retail, Hospitality, Apprentices Mostly £11k - £25k

We can deliver on jobs, training places and conditions for resident doctors. Our ability to do so will be hamstrung by unnecessary and irresponsible strike action. My message to the BMA is simple: call off the strikes, come back to the table and improve doctors’ lives.