Deported and disgraced: the students wrongly accused of cheating – podcast | News

Deported and disgraced: the students wrongly accused of cheating – podcast | News

“You tell me, are you finding it difficult to understand my English?” says Muhammad Ali. Muhammad was in the UK to study between the ages of 18 and 26 but had his visa cancelled in 2014 when the Home Office accused him of cheating on an English language exam. He was one of 35,000 students … Read more

Reform UK: the party frightening the Tories from the fringes | News

Reform UK: the party frightening the Tories from the fringes | News

It is structured like a company, with Nigel Farage as the dominant shareholder. Yet he is not its head. It is a rightwing party whose leader is on record as saying the Conservatives deserve to be “destroyed” at the polls, deriding the Tories as socialists. Who are the people behind Reform UK and how do … Read more

The ‘cruel’ new visa rules set to break up families | News

The ‘cruel’ new visa rules set to break up families | News

When the new home secretary announced a change to UK visa rules recently, the reaction was immediate: families across the country were pitched into crisis planning. Thousands of families with one British partner and one born abroad will be hit by the new income threshold from next spring. Only people earning at least £38,700 will … Read more