UK government to back down on plans to make landlords police immigration
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13:38 14/06/2013
The UK government has backtracked on a major policy initiative designed to combat illegal immigration. In March, the UK's prime minister, David Cameron, announced that all landlords were to be...
UK minister calls for end to 'abuse' of welfare system by EU immigrants
13:14 10/06/2013
The UK's Home Secretary Theresa May is to tell a meeting of European Union immigration and policing ministers that the current right to free movement throughout the EU is being abused and must be...
Latest figures show UK immigration missing visa processing targets
10:04 06/06/2013
The latest figures released by the UK government show that the UK immigration authorities managed to process only 51% of employment based UK visas within their Service Standard period (four weeks for...
EU immigrants to be required to work in UK before claiming benefits
16:59 05/06/2013
A UK newspaper has reported that the UK is to require EU citizens to work in the UK for 'up to a year' before they can claim benefits. If this happens, it will escalate a dispute between the UK and...
Right-wing think tank calls for sale of UK visas to highest bidders
14:45 05/06/2013
A group of right-wing Conservative MPs has issued a report which suggests that the UK government should raise money and diversify its economy away from its dependence on the European Union by selling...
Cabinet minister seems to support removal of students from UK immigration statistics
18:50 03/06/2013
The UK's Business Secretary, Vince Cable, has told an international educational conference that the inclusion of international students in the UK's immigration statistics and negative anti-...
