Aircraft at airport in california. Good morning. It is wednesday, february 22. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The government has won its legal battle to Stop Thousands of british citizens from bringing their foreign husbands or wives to live in the uk without a Minimum Income. For the last five years, the uk based spouse has had to prove they earn at least £18,600, for them to support their migrant spouse. That figure is £22,000 for couples with a child. But the Supreme Court also ruled that the rules, as they currently stand, are defective and need to be changed, because they do not take enough account of the welfare of children affected by them, and do not take all sources of earnings into consideration when calculating income. 0ur Correspondent Dominic Casciani is at the Supreme Court. It is not an entirely clear decision . No, it is very complicated. There is a belief that the couples have been degraded by this fear income rolling. The Supreme Court has in practice ruled in favour
helen worth is leaving coming up on bbc news. ireland slump to 96 all out in their first match of the t20 world cup. they were playing india in new york. in the run up to the election, we re getting the latest from our reporters across the uk, finding out about the key issues concerning local people. this evening, we ll hear from gemma dillon who is in batley in west yorkshire. first, let sjoin ben schofield in st neots in cambridgeshire. welcome to st neot s marina. 0ne corner of this new constituency. st
thank you. let s hearfrom gemma in batley. is in newly formed constituency takes in dewsbury, a seat that was won by the conservatives in 2019 and parts of old batley and spen constituency. a traditional labour stronghold. it was jo cox s traditional labour stronghold. it wasjo cox s seat, the mp who was murdered during the brexit referendum campaign in 2016. these grand buildings behind me are a sign of batley s wealthy industrial past more recently the town s fallen on tougher times with high levels of poverty and unemployment. there s anger with labour