application fee from £10 (US$12.42) to £16, a 60 per cent increase. The cost of applying for naturalisation as a British citizen would also increase from £1,500 to £1,605. Authorities claimed ...

Many average-waged working families, for example, receive “in work” benefits, which would, presumably, disqualify them from being “British”. Similarly, a good candidate for citizenship on ...

the certificate of sponsorship fee could rise to £525, naturalisation as a British citizen could rise to £1,605 and naturalisation as a British overseas territories citizen could rise to £1,070.

Kemi Badenoch has unveiled a major policy shift, proposing that immigrants must wait at least 15 years before becoming eligible for British citizenship. The plan, part of her first major ...