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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alicja Hagopian

In numbers: New immigration rules could make UK citizenship harder to attain than US or Australian

The government has unveiled a slate of new requirements and restrictions around migration to the UK, from a higher level of English language proficiency to eliminating the careworker visa pathway entirely.

“If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. That’s common sense,” said Sir Keir Starmer on X (formerly Twitter).

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