• March 13 2026
  UK economy

  Reeves to make new push for greater single-market access

  Some member states, led by France, expect the UK to pay into the EU budget in return

  
• March 13 2026
  UK universities

  ‘The law changed around me’: top Sudanese students blocked from UK universities by visa ban

  High-achieving applicants’ educational plans derailed by ‘emergency visa brake’

  
• March 11 2026
  UK employment

  Big rise in UK employers losing migrant worker licences after Home Office crackdown

  As well as rogue bosses, charities say tighter enforcement has unfairly hit many staff in care sector

  
• March 8 2026
  UK universities

  Crackdown on overseas students delivers blow to London campus

  Collapse in enrolment at Glasgow Caledonian University outpost reflects upheaval in sector as ministers curb migration

  
• March 7 2026
  UK universities

  Interview. Ministers could ban relatives of overseas students on some courses, adviser warns

  Steve Smith says restrictions may follow if enrolments to research masters programmes continue to rise

  
• March 5 2026
  Global migration

  UK to further curtail rights of asylum seekers

  Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will tighten rules on access to accommodation and financial support

  
• March 4 2026
  Global migration

  UK to invoke ‘emergency brake’ to ban student visa applications from four countries

  Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan will be affected by the move

  
• February 27 2026
  UK economy

  Home Office advisers launch review of UK visas to attract top talent

  Study by independent committee announced as concerns grow that immigration crackdown will hit fiscal plans

  
• February 26 2026
  UK economy

  Fall in UK net migration threatens to carve deep hole in public finances

  Issue is expected to come under the spotlight in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement

  
• February 26 2026
  Law

  UK immigration officers accused of scheme to steal thousands of pounds from migrants

  Defendants deny charges that they conspired to take cash and belongings from people arriving on small boats

  
• February 26 2026
  Global migration

  UK citizenship applications surge as Reform vows settlement crackdown

  Data shows sharp rise in Americans applying, but overall number of people granted British citizenship fell last year

  
• February 26 2026
  UK politics

  UK work visa numbers cut sharply in 2025

  Grants drop by fifth after the introduction of tougher immigration rules but asylum numbers are little changed

  
• February 12 2026
  UK society

  Ratcliffe ‘sorry’ for offending ‘some people’ with immigration remarks

  Ineos founder has come under pressure to apologise for claim the UK was being ‘colonised’

  
• February 12 2026
  Inside Politics

  The rich world evades hard choices on immigration

  Starmer shows progress in criticising anti-immigrant comments but must make clear case for chosen path on population growth

  
• February 11 2026
  UK companies

  Starmer calls on Ratcliffe to apologise after claiming UK ‘colonised by immigrants’

  Ineos founder says prime minister needs to get the country ‘back on track’

  
• February 10 2026
  Employment

  Non-working partners risk limbo with UK migration reforms, analysis finds

  Research comes as ministers signal rethink of policy that could carry big fiscal cost

  
• February 10 2026
  UK politics

  Rising share of UK public in favour of tax and spending cuts

  Social attitudes survey highlights widening political divide among British voters

  
• February 3 2026
  UK economy

  No, the public is not irredeemably ignorant

  But there is a disconnect between economists’ metrics and people’s perceptions

  Sarah O'Connor

  
• January 28 2026
  UK foreign policy

  UK and China to share intelligence over people traffickers in the Channel

  Prime minister hopes pact will help Britain tackle gangs bringing migrants from France in small boats

  
• January 27 2026
  UK universities

  Top UK universities increase reliance on China for overseas recruitment

  Data shows that two in five overseas students at Russell Group institutions last year were from China

  
• January 21 2026
  Global Economy

  What happens if the UK and US reach net zero (migration)?

  We would need to rethink sustainable growth rates and fiscal targets

  Chris Giles

  
• January 12 2026
  Brexit

  Is UK immigration set for ‘net zero’?

  Migration surge after Brexit and Covid lockdowns has eased while clampdown has slashed arrivals

  
• January 6 2026
  EU immigration

  The Big Read. Has Europe learnt to manage migration?

  Policymakers say strict new measures have driven down irregular arrivals, but experts say the underlying factors are little changed

  
• January 1 2026
  Global migration

  Small boat migrant arrivals jump by 13% to 41,000 in 2025

  Home Office data heaps pressure on Keir Starmer’s pledge to ‘smash the gangs’

  
• December 30 2025
  UK society

  Foreign Office under pressure over activist’s ‘abhorrent’ social media posts

  Official inquiry ordered into ‘serious information failures’ following historic comments by Alaa Abdel Fattah