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Counter-Trump | UK considers scrapping visa fee to attract world's best talent - would it work?

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Earlier this week, news broke (courtesy of the FT) that Prime Minister Kier Starmer is considering scrapping visa application fees in a bid to attract the world’s best talent to the UK.

It came as US President Donald Trump moved in the opposite direction, leaving Fortune 500 firms reeling by announcing a shock $100,000 fee for H-1B visas.

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