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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rachael Burford

Special UK visas would carry 'national security risks', Rachel Reeves is warned

Plans for special visas designed to attract wealthy people from abroad to the UK risk opening the doors to “kleptocrats, fraudsters and proxies for hostile regimes”, the Chancellor has been warned.

Rachel Reeves is reportedly considering introducing a special visa for rich foreigners who could invest in Britain amid concerns that government crackdowns on tax are driving millionaires out of the country.

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