Gay couples across the UK are set to form civil partnerships in the next months as the law is changed to allow same-sex marriages. Changes to UK law will allow gay couples to register for legal status as a same-sex partnership from today, with the first ceremonies to be conducted in about a fortnight's time.
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Under new legislation being considered in the UK, the home secretary would be able to strip dual nationals of their British citizenship as easily as he can remove or exclude foreign nationals from the UK. Even Britons born in the UK would be covered by the powers, included in the immigration, asylum and nationality bill as part of the government's anti-terrorism drive, but overshadowed by the furore over the terrorism bill.
Most foreign computer workers entering Britain in the past year were from India, new research showed this week.
More than eight of out 10 of the 22,000 overseas IT (information technology) workers came from India, suggesting that multinational companies were recruiting staff in low cost countries and transferring them to high cost markets, said the report.
The Association of Technology Staffing Companies said its study showed the true scale of the reliance on foreign workers to plug skills gaps.
Some officials in the UK believe that each member state of the European Union should be able to control its own economic migration, rather than having EU-wide policies. Their opposition is a response to proposals from the European Commission to discuss better ways of managing economic migration into the EU.
The online edition of The Independent reports that black people are breaking through the UK's class barrier and entering the middle classes at a faster rate than their white counterparts, according to a new study.
As workpermit.com already announced, the UK's Civil Partnerships Act 2004 will come into force on 5 December 2005, but from 14 November the Home Office will begin accepting visa applications for visits to register civil partnerships. This will allow time for those who want to give notice of a civil partnership to the registrar on 5 December. A visa is necessary for anyone who is not British, settled in the UK, or an EEA or Swiss national.