As tens of thousands return to the streets for the first national Palestine march of 2026, this movement refuses to be sidelined or silenced, says PETER LEARY
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International students enrich us all
Whitehall knew there were fewer foreign students residing illegally in Britain but stuck with the lie. Now their reduction will make us all poorer, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
If the government really wanted to address public finances, improve living standards and begin economic recovery, it would increase its borrowing for investment, argues MICHAEL BURKE
MATT KERR takes a winter journey through poetry, labour and memory, from Glasgow to Newcastle, arguing that our radical past isn’t something to revere from a distance, but a tool still meant to be used
One of Canada’s most revered politicians is a native of Falkirk but is relatively unknown in his original homeland. KENNY MacASKILL tells his story
Labour prospects in May elections may be irrevocably damaged by Birmingham Council’s costly refusal to settle the year-long dispute, warns STEVE WRIGHT
HENRY FOWLER and ROB POOLE explain the significance of today’s Megapicket
It was recently revealed that there are far fewer illegal student migrants than had been thought and that this error led to a needless, costly crackdown on universities.
Many believed, following the regularly stated public position of Theresa May when she was Home Secretary, that students illegally overstaying their visas made up a significant chunk of the total.
Indeed, in her tenure in this role, the current Prime Minister introduced a range of measures — often publicly justified by claims about the number overstaying their visas, often cited at 100,000 — including scrapping a visa that allowed graduates to remain in the country for two years without a job offer.
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