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26 Apr 2016

Baroness Hamwee: Government must make concessions on Immigration Bill

Lib Dem peer Baroness Hamwee calls on the Government to concede some key points on the Immigration Bill as it goes through the Lords.

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07 Apr 2016 Economy

Should builders back Brexit?

Mike Gapes MP and John Redwood MP debate the merits of staying in the EU at a construction industry event.

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28 Mar 2016 Education

Migrant workers earnings cap will deepen teachers supply crisis

Proposals to raise the minimum salary threshold for migrant workers will exacerbate the teacher recruitment and retention crisis, the NASUWT, the largest teachers’ union in the UK, has warned.

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24 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Road Haulage Association’s chief condemns people traffickers

Today’s news that 52 stowaways have been found on board two trucks in Kent comes as no surprise to the Road Haulage Association.

03 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Let’s get rational on immigration

Labour MP Keith Vaz writes on the future of the UK’s immigration policy, calling for a holistic approach.

10 Dec 2015 Education

UK universities prevented from recruiting overseas students

Ahead of his question in Parliament today, Lord Clement-Jones calls for the Government to rethink the “subjective and unfair” visa tests currently dissuading overseas students from studying in the UK.

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04 Nov 2015 Economy

Laws to curb illegal working are changing: Is your business ready?

As part of the International Inspiring Construction conference, Home Office experts will give attendees practical advice to help them prevent illegal working and avoid the financial and reputational risks that come with being caught.

Legal Aid reform is keeping families apart, new report warns

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20 Jul 2015 Foreign affairs

Legal Aid reform is keeping families apart, new report warns

Parliamentarians last week came together to discuss a new report by the British Red Cross which highlights the difficulties being faced be refugees we have been separated from their families

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08 Jun 2015 Foreign affairs

Red Cross helps migrants found locked in lorries in Essex

Dozens of migrants found locked in four lorries at a port in Essex are receiving help from British Red Cross volunteers and staff.

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08 May 2015 Health

New government - now we need new policies

Now the votes have been counted, the British Red Cross is already reaching out to the new MPs to help people and save lives here in the UK.

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24 Mar 2015 Health

Enshrine the Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law - Unicef comments on JCHR report

Commenting on the Joint Committee of Human Rights report published today, Sol Oyuela, Unicef UK Public Affairs Director said:

The English language transforms the lives of migrants

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19 Jan 2015 Communities

The English language transforms the lives of migrants

Cambridge Assessment's Parliamentary Manager Andrew Williams argues that increasing support for non-English speaking migrants will produce a more united society and a stronger economy.

28 Nov 2013 Foreign affairs

Time for EU to restrict free movement

Writing exclusively for PoliticsHome's Central Lobby, the Home Secretary welcomes new immigration figures and sets out Government plans to do all it can to discourage immigration from the EU.