Letter to Home Secretary on salary threshold
May 2019
1 minute
£30,000 salary threshold would be detrimental for research and innovation
At a glance
This explainer argues that a proposed £30,000 salary threshold for skilled worker visas would restrict the recruitment of vital research and innovation staff, including technicians, language specialists and some early-career researchers, potentially undermining the UK's ambitions to grow its research workforce and increase R&D investment.
Published: 28 May 2019