Conservative silent auction: Who will be shoe shopping with Theresa May? February 10, 2015 The annual Conservative Party black and white fundraising ball was on Monday night at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair. The highlight of the evening was an auction, with various exclusive lots up for grabs. Lots this year included budgets signed by George Osborne, and doing an Iron Man (not quiet man) Endeavour with [...]
Theresa May: More effort needed to “wipe out” anti-Semitism January 18, 2015 Home secretary Theresa May has said Britain must redouble its efforts to wipe out anti-Semitism, speaking at an event to commemorate the four Jewish people killed in Islamist extremist attacks in France. "The dreadful events in Paris are a reminder of the serious terrorist threat that we face." "The attack on a Jewish supermarket, where [...]
It looks like Theresa May’s Home Office plans to restrict visas of foreign graduates have been derailed by George Osborne January 6, 2015 Theresa May’s plans to kick foreign students out of the UK after they graduate look like they’ve been derailed after being widely slammed by business groups, politicians and entrepreneur James Dyson. George Osborne is said to have quashed the Home Secretary’s plans to force foreign students to leave the UK before re-applying for work visas, [...]
James Dyson savages Theresa May’s “short-sighted” policy on foreign students January 5, 2015 Theresa May is once again under fire for her plans to force foreign students out of the country when they finish their studies. Inventor and business leader James Dyson, writing in the Guardian, has launched a stinging attack on the plans: May’s immigration plans simply force the nimble minds we nurture to return home and fuel [...]
UK immigration: Theresa May plans to kick out foreign graduates December 22, 2014 New foreign graduates could be booted out of the UK after they finish university, if new measures proposed by the Home Office are passed. Theresa May, the home secretary, said that she would like zero net student migration if the Conservatives remain in power after the 2015 general election. The move may be seen by [...]
Theresa May slammed over anti-migration plot to kick foreign graduates out of UK December 22, 2014 Business groups and politicians expressed dismay yesterday at plans by home secretary Theresa May to force foreign students to leave the UK before re-applying for work visas. May wants the Conservatives to include the measure in their party manifesto ahead of the general election next year. Current coalition partners the Liberal Democrats sought to [...]
Theresa May’s new terrorism bill will allow passports to be seized for 30 days and require internet companies to identify individuals November 26, 2014 Theresa May has published the new terrorism bill, which includes a raft of new terrorism measures that she hopes will help protect the UK from what's been described as the rising terror threat. In a speech made earlier this week the home secretary said that the UK faced its greatest terror threat since any time [...]
What to expect from the Counter Terrorism and Security Bill: Theresa May warns of terror threat November 24, 2014 The UK faces its biggest terrorism threat since any time before or since 9/11, as the Islamic State (IS) inflames home-grown extremism, home secretary Theresa May has warned. In a speech at a counter terrorism event in London, May also revealed a new counter-terrorism bill is set to be revealed to Parliament on Wednesday. But [...]
Interactive: Theresa May says the Conservatives may miss their immigration targets, but how high is UK immigration? November 23, 2014 The home secretary Theresa May has all but admitted that the government will be unable to meet its target of limiting immigration to the tens of thousands in time for next year’s general election. What is more, David Cameron is expected to announce bans on benefits for UK migrants, despite the data showing immigrants are [...]
Vince Cable calls for skilled migrant cap to be scrapped or risk economic recovery in letter to Theresa May September 28, 2014 The cap on skilled migrant workers is damaging the UK's economic recovery according to Business Secretary Vince Cable. Cable has written to the Home Secretary Theresa May urging her to scrap the cap on skilled migrants coming to work in the UK from outside the European Union because it’s a “barrier to British growth”. The [...]