Sunak adds to family visas confusion, saying rise to £38,700 comes in 2025

PM announces different timetable for rise in earnings threshold people must cross to bring family to UK

Rishi Sunak has said the minimum salary levels needed for British nationals to bring foreign relatives to the UK will rise to 38,700 in 2025, adding yet more confusion to the rapidly changing rules.

The prime minister's comments come just a day after an initially unnoticed parliamentary answer said the much-criticised plan to more than double the threshold from 18,600 a year to 38,700 was being shelved.