‘Golden visa’ lawyers call for UK to rethink blanket ban

Critics say end of scheme risks billions in overseas investment due to myth that foreign money is dirty money'

London lawyers who help the global super-rich apply for golden visas" to enter the UK have called on the government to reconsider its decision to abolish the Tier 1 investor visa scheme, warning that it would be enormously damaging" to the economy.

Kyra Motley, a partner at the law firm Boodle Hatfield, said the UK was jeopardising billions of pounds in overseas investment because of a popular myth that foreign money is dirty money".