Why a No Deal option shouldn’t be on the ballot in any second referendum.
- Professor of Law and Government, Durham University, Durham University
The restaurant chain is facing a boycott for shopping illegal workers to the authorities. But is that really fair?
Most people will be disgusted at attempts by the Brexit lobby to use the terror attacks for their own political ends.
Australian citizens make up one of the largest groups entering the UK each year for work or study. But this could change as Australians get swept up in Britain’s efforts to reduce net migration.
The Home Office has issued a bizarre new form to gather information about the end of relationships – and it’s worse than useless.
Australia should learn from the UK’s mistakes if taking a leaf out of its book on citizenship reform.
David Cameron seems surprised that desperate people are trying to come to the UK. He must only read the British press.
Ed Miliband has unveiled his party’s second pledge for the forthcoming general election, promising to “control immigration with fair rules”. The Labour leader promised to strengthen the enforcement of…
Before the 2010 General Election, David Cameron promised to reduce net migration to “tens of thousands” and not hundreds of thousands. This pledge is in ruins now that net migration has hit levels even…
In its independence referendum, Scotland voted to remain in the United Kingdom by 55-45%. Our panel looks at what happened, and where it leaves the UK and Scotland. Neil Blain, Professor of Communications…
Calais might be in France, but it is the front line of Britain’s battle to control immigration. Yet the governments of both countries continue to pass the buck between each other and very little progress…
One question that keeps raising its head in the Scottish independence debate is about border controls and what would happen between Scotland and the rest of the UK at border towns like Gretna Green – a…
One of the key themes of the referendum campaign will soon be aired when the three unionist parties in Scotland make a joint declaration about plans for more powers for Holyrood in the event of a no vote…
The UK government has agreed to extend protected minority status to the Cornish – a status already granted to Scots, Welsh and Irish. This will require the government and public bodies to factor in the…
Mark Harper MP was a junior minister making a name for himself. He oversaw the publication of the government’s controversial “Life in the United Kingdom” citizenship test – likened to “a bad pub quiz…
David Cameron has received a strong rebuke from the Bulgarian president, Rosen Plevneliev, who revealed in an interview yesterday that he had confronted the British prime minister at an EU summit over…
The 1996 election campaign that brought Bill Clinton to the White House fundamentally changed the way campaigns are run in more ways than one. Clinton’s success owed much to the genius of James Carville…
A new report into so-called “health tourism” makes for a shocking read. Not because the costs of migrants deemed to have travelled to Britain primarily to enjoy free NHS services on British taxpayers has…
In the week that saw the British press rightly condemning the use of Twitter to send violent threats to several women, the Home Office started to use the social media site to publicise operations to carry…
The UK courts are to be dragged into the 21st century with a £160 million investment to help them go digital. Announcing its plans, the Ministry of Justice revealed that the courts get through a staggering…
When I took the UK citizenship test in 2009, I got the number of MPs in the House of Commons wrong, not because I didn’t know the answer, but because the Home Office didn’t. Preparing for the test was…
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