or more if the going rate for theirjob is higher than that. now, from next spring, as we ve been hearing, that minimum salary threshold will rise to £38,700. but there are exceptions in what are called shortage occupations, jobs where there are lots of vacancies which can t be filled by local people. well, not easily, anyway. and since last year, the sector which has seen the most workers come in by that route is, of course, health and social care. the numbers are remarkable. in the year to september, 66,000 people got a conventional skilled worker visa, but in the same period, 144,000 people got a health and care visa, mostly to work in care homes. but many of the foreign workers bring close family with them, too. so if you add dependents to the skilled workers, and the numbers rises to 117,000. but in health and care, the combined figure goes up to 318,000. now that s an additional 174,000 dependants who d no longer be able to come unless the worker earns more than £38,70
On a promise to stop all muslims coming to the United States, has ended the last day of his visit to saudi arabia with a speech in front of 50 Muslim Leaders. He used the occasion to tell them to take the lead in combating islamist terrorism, rather than wait for American Power to do it for them. And he went out of his way to blame iran, saudi arabias biggest rival, for causing instability in the region. He accused it of fuelling sectarian conflict. You join us in riyadh, where what is called the Riyadh Summit is continuing. President donald trump came to the saudi kingdom, his first stop on his first foreign visit, to reset relations with the most important partner of the United States in the middle east, and today it was a speech to recalibrate the battle against forces of extremism and ideology. He made it absolutely clear the battle had to start here in the muslim world. He said that 95 of the victims of extremism are muslims. He said, america will stand by you, but you cannot wait