Trump ABANDONS policy to deport foreign students when their university classes go online after being sued by Harvard and MIT The Trump administration has reversed its attempt to force foreign students to leave the US if college classes are held entirely online this fall due to COVID-19 Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced the decision on … Read more
Priti Patel will announce a ban on foreign criminals sentenced to more than a year in jail from entering Britain when she outlines new immigration rules on Monday. The Home Secretary is set to unveil details of how the UK’s points-based immigration system – which will come into effect on January 1 after freedom of … Read more
The cruise industry has railed against the government’s ‘vague’ advice for tourists to steer clear of trips this summer because of coronavirus risks. After only warning over-70s against setting sail, the Foreign Office last night changed tack and told all Britons to avoid cruises in a further blow to cash-starved holiday firms. The effective blanket … Read more
Foreign Office tells ALL tourists not to go on cruises due to coronavirus risk, after previously urging over-70s to avoid them Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) urges against travel on cruise ships Government previously urged over-70s to avoid cruise ships due to coronavirus The FCO says new position comes following advice from Public Health England … Read more
From grannies who encouraged you to climb tall trees and mothers who let you roam unsupervised as long as you were home in time for tea, a captivating new book recalls the school summer holidays of yesteryear. Returning home from his Sheffield primary school one summer’s afternoon in 1966, eight-year-old John Mullan asked his mother … Read more
British universities will be told how to protect themselves from Chinese meddling after years of attracting thousands of lucrative students from China Universities UK will introduce the country’s first security guidelines of their kind Politicians fear Chinese research contributions will be used as political leverage The guidelines will address cyber and physical security on university campuses … Read more
Ministers set to introduce new rules to protect firms that are critical to public health from foreign takeovers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 BST, 21 June 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 21 June 2020 Ministers are set to introduce new rules to protect firms that are critical to public health from … Read more
Dominic Raab ‘warns officials Britain’s foreign aid budget faces a £3bn cut’ amid sharp economic contraction from coronavirus The Foreign Secretary has warned the foreign aid budget could be cut by £3bn Government sources blame the coronavirus pandemic for the budget slashing Raab is said to have seen projections of UK economy contracting 20 per … Read more
Laws to protect struggling British firms from takeovers by foreign companies are to be introduced by Ministers following a series of political rows over the expansionist ambitions of Chinese business. The legislation will give Business Secretary Alok Sharma extra powers to impose conditions on deals to protect key UK firms that have been left vulnerable by … Read more
People seem weary of Dominic Raab. Too uncaring, they shudder. Too robotic. Something about those deep set eyes which just leaves them cold. It is true that his remarks yesterday criticising Black Lives Matter supporters for taking the knee were remarkably charmless. So too was his Tory leadership campaign last year. Watching his speeches I … Read more