United Kingdom Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has urged his home country to scrap plans to make certain overseas visitors to Britain pay a £3,000 bond to obtain tourist visas because it sends out the "wrong message" about the country.
In his second attack on the policy within 48 hours, Cable told the Financial Times that Number 10's (Prime Minister's residence) determination to press on with the visitor bond pilot in November was "disappointing."
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