With our correspondent in London, Marie Boeda
For those living and working in the UK without British citizenship, the cost of visas and access to public health services will increase. Enough to win back 1.17 billion euros, declares the Prime Minister.
Migrants are not cash cows, criticizes Praxis, an association that helps foreigners. Sally Daghlian is the President. “Charges in the UK are the highest in Europe. It is really unbelievable and unimaginable that the bills are increasing for those who are already paying unjustifiably high amounts,” she responds.
According to Rishi Sunak, this is the only solution. The Prime Minister refuses to ask Brits to put their hands in their pockets: no hike in taxes, no additional borrowing to boost the salaries of teachers, police officers and junior doctors.
With the country grappling with a cost-of-living crisis and inflation topping 8% over the past month, the union representing the interns says the move is “immoral”. These young doctors have already stated that they do not accept the government’s proposal.
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