UK Lawmakers Call for New Investor Visa as Wealth Exodus Deepens

Nov. 25, 2025, 7:30 AM UTC

A group of UK lawmakers is calling for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to introduce a new visa to help attract wealthy foreigners as well-heeled residents continue to flee the nation amid tax hikes.

An investor visa encouraging members of the world’s rich to come to the UK would be the easiest way for the nation to escape its “economic and political morass,” a dozen or so members of the House of Lords said in a letter sent to the UK premier, a copy of which was seen by Bloomberg.

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