James Cleverly: Britons earning under £38,700 face not living with foreign spouses under government plans

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James Cleverly announced a drastically hiked salary threshold for skilled workers to £38,700, and an increase to the health surcharge this year by 66% - from £624 to £1,035.The home secretary said the plans will help give the "biggest ever reduction in net migration", and, along with earlier proposals to limit relatives of foreign students, would bring down levels by 300,000.