Visa-free music touring petition rejected by UK government
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11:33 11/02/2021
Amid the ongoing row over visa-free touring for UK and EU musicians, the British government has rejected a petition signed by nearly 300,000 artists. MPs had agreed to debate the petition after...
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11:18 23/01/2021
A damning letter written by two doctors and published in the South African Medical Journal has blamed the UK’s visa and immigration policy for the poaching of health workers from the world’s poorest...
