Left Foot Forward
The crazy economics of reducing foreign student visas
A major cut in non-EU student visas is going to hurt universities but it’s going to hurt the UK economy even more, writes Stephen Henderson, a researcher at the UCL Cancer Institute.
Good immigration policy must be based on good evidence
The debate on immigration will only ever be a productive one if it is based on accurate evidence, writes ippr's Sarah Mulley.
Now even Tory council chiefs have a go at Pickles
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has come under attack from a number of Tory council leaders over the government's savage cuts to local councils, reports Shamik Das.
Tebbit’s extraordinary rant about a “Big Society gay wedding”
Norman Tebbit has had an extraordinary dig at David Cameron over the Big Society and gay marriage in the Telegraph, ranting about a "Big Society gay wedding".
SNP were prepared to consider referendum without independence option
Alex Salmond was prepared to support a referendum on Scotland’s constitutional future that excluded an option for full independence, new WikiLeaks cables have revealed.
The homophobe, the climate denier or the moderate – what next for the ECR?
We now have the three candidates for the leadership of the Conservative-dominated European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group in the European Parliament.