Give the international student market the credit it deserves
The Economist has stated that in 2008 the international student market was worth £2.9 billion in fees and another £2.3 billion in spending to the UK economy.
Immigration
Cable reopens rift on immigration cap
Business secretary Vince Cable appeared to be on a collission course with his coalition partners this afternoon, hitting out at the immigration cap.
BoJo: Coalition immigration policy “a shambles”
London Mayor Boris Johnson today branded the Coalition’s immigration cap “a shambles” – putting him once again on a collision course with the Government.
Home Office research highlights difficulty of Government’s immigration target
Damian Green is to give his first speech as immigration minister later today, in which he will claim that the number of foreign students entering the UK is ‘unsustainable’, drawing on new Home Office research. The same research has also suggested that it will be very difficult for the Government to meet its target of reducing net immigration to under 100,000 a year.
Immigration and employment: The truth behind the right-wing spin
This week’s immigration and employment date are important, and contain important lessons for policymakers; they just aren’t the lessons which the papers suggest – and they aren’t just for the Home Office.
One in the eye for Nelson
Spectator editor Fraser Nelson has been caught out being cute with the stats in a piece immigration and employment for a right-wing mouthpiece. Again.
Immigration cap differences of Cameron and Cable laid bare on trip to India
The internal contradictions of the Government’s immigration policy have been laid bare during the prime minister’s trip to India.
Immigration cap still doesn’t add up
Theresa May yesterday announced the introduction of a temporary cap on skilled immigration to the UK, a policy which the FT estimates will cost every UK household £300 a year in extra taxes or reduced spending.
Do we really know what voters think about immigration?
Before the General Election, Ipsos MORI found immigration to be the forth most important issue concerning voters. In March YouGov found Labour was perceived as the worst major party on dealing with the issue of immigration…
Leadership race comes alive with debate on immigration
At the New Statesman hustings last night, the most lively, passionate, interesting and important exchanges came during the question on immigration.