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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.
Washington and its Western allies decry human rights abuses while arming and shielding Israel, turning contradiction into policy, argues RAMZY BAROUD
DIANE ABBOTT warns that Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10
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