Ah all our questions answered, why do our visa application fee's keep
going up and up ? is it for better and more staff ? is it for a deeper
and more thorough investigations ? is it to deter more people from applying ?
NO!!.. apparently not.. it's to pay for the £28m (so far) overspend on yet another government IT system.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/government...?newsfeed=true

Immigration IT system runs £28m over budget
National Audit Office finds UK Border Agency's £385m immigration IT system is late and over budget.