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HOME Secretary Theresa May was attacked yesterday by a former cabinet colleague over her use of “unreliable” statistics to call for tougher restrictions on foreign students coming to Britain.
Ex-universities minister David Willetts yesterday rejected Ms May’s suggestion that 96,000 more students were arriving in the country each year than were leaving.
The Home Office is understood to be using the figure in an attempt to justify proposals which would make places on courses contingent on people demonstrating they have significant independent financial means.
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
DIANE ABBOTT explodes the anti-migrant myths perpetrated by cynical politicians and an irresponsible mass media
As Starmer flies to Albania seeking deportation camps while praising Giorgia Meloni, KEVIN OVENDEN warns that without massive campaigns rejecting this new overt government xenophobia, Britain faces a soaring hard right and emboldened fascist thugs on the streets
DANIEL GOVER considers the procedural complexities awaiting a Private Member’s Bill in its passage through Commons and Lords