No UK immigration bill in Queen's speech
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19:55 05/06/2014
UK political commentators were surprised that there was no mention of a new immigration bill in the Queen's Speech on 4th June. Prime Minister David Cameron was rumoured to be preparing a new bill...
Blair says UK Labour should challenge UKIP on immigration
11:59 02/06/2014
The former Labour Prime Minister of the UK, Tony Blair, has warned the current Labour leader, Ed Miliband that he must not change Labour's immigration policy in order to try to fight off the...
Cameron: UK can hit 'tens of thousands' immigration target
19:44 16/05/2014
The UK's Prime Minister David Cameron has insisted that the UK can still reduce net immigration to below 100,000 a year by the time of the general election in May 2015. He said that this was '...
New UK figures to show rise in immigration from EU
9:38 14/05/2014
The next set of official UK immigration statistics are likely to show an increase of more than 25% in the number of Romanians and Bulgarians living in the UK since the same time last year, according...
UK immigration announces end to Tier 1 General visa extensions
15:06 01/05/2014
The Home Office, the UK government department that deals with immigration matters, has announced that it will stop accepting applications for Tier 1 (General) visa extensions from 6th April 2015. The...
UK immigration's visa reforms are harming UK's soft power
15:47 07/04/2014
A report by a UK parliamentary committee has warned that the UK's Coalition government is harming the UK's standing in the world because of the changes it has made to the visa system. A report from...