COUPLES forced to live thousands of miles apart by cruel immigration rules brought their fight for family rights to the Home Office today.
A group of campaigners and partners took part in a “Valentine’s Day lobby,” to submit a 40,000-signature petition demanding that the minimum income requirement (MIR) be scrapped.
Brought in by the coalition government in 2012, the MIR requires citizens and settled residents to earn over £18,600 a year before they can bring their partner to Britain.
Gisele Pelicot said ‘shame must change sides.’ We may think we agree, but, argues LOUISE RAW, society still has some way to go
The government’s new immigration proposal risks creating a society where rights are earned, not guaranteed, warn feminist groups Project Resist and FiLiA in a joint statement
Listening to our own communities and organising within them holds the key to stopping the advance of Reform UK and other far-right initiatives, posits TONY CONWAY
Thousands expected to attend next protest against Palestine Action ban, organisers say


