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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

Foreign spouses could be told to leave UK under plans to cut legal migration

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New laws designed to slash the number of migrants by 300,000 a year risk splitting up families already living in the UK.

Brits could see their foreign partners told to leave the country the next time their visa comes up for renewal – if their household does not earn £38,700, No 10 said.

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