Your insight is as always appreciated Gonzo
I'm coming from outside the UK and both me and my girlfriend are planning to live in the UK indefinetly if I get through the selection and validation, so I'm not planning on it per se. I was mostly intrested because I've heard it beeing mentioned so many times but noone has ever told me how it's acctually done in practice
Your comment about Southampton, is it so that if you have a salary at a specific band then you don't get "degraded" if you change to a "lower banded" unit? I hope that question makes sense