4 Brexit loose ends government yet to tie
Transition timing, Ireland and Gibraltar borders, customs and migration are all big headaches ministers seem reluctant to tackle.
Curry house owners who believed Leave promises feel betrayed
Priti Patel and Boris Johnson misled curry industry into thinking Brexit would mean more room for workers from Indian subcontinent.
Foreign students: an exercise in self harm
The government's refusal to stop classifying overseas students as economic migrants will harm higher education after Brexit.
Good, bad and ugly – the three possible Brexit outcomes...
Sadly the good outcome (no Brexit) is the least likely. More probable are hard Brexit (a bad deal) and very hard Brexit (no deal at all).
Free movement is not as hardline as Theresa May thinks
Our PM and other EU leaders talk as if free movement is absolute. The language in the underlying treaties is much more nuanced.
UK doesn’t need a migrant impact fund
Calls for one validate mistaken belief that migrants are to blame for problems in public services. What we need is to show how they assimilate.
If only May had learnt from Swiss before going to Davos
Irony of choosing Davos to make first foreign defence of taking UK out of EU is that the Swiss are going in exactly opposite direction.
It’s time to stop treating students as migrants
There’s a chance to remedy this error when the Higher Education and Research Bill begins its passage through the House of Lords this week.
InFacts complains over press watchdog director’s Sun story
Trevor Kavanagh, who sits on IPSO’s board, wrote an inaccurate story about Calais migrants. The Sun failed to correct its error online.
UK should drop obsession with “managed migration”
People devising complex schemes to control immigration are playing UKIP’s game. We run the risk of having visas imposed on us.
Complexity threats loom as PM seeks ‘smooth’ Brexit
May is said to want a “smooth” Brexit. But her cabinet’s trade and immigration ideas suggest ‘taking back control’ could pile on complexity.
Rudd’s migration fund part of hardline policy
The details are vague. But the Home Secretary’s plan is at least as much about controlling migration as helping local communities.