In migration figs or not, intl students bring real benefits:
• £42bn p.a, with typical constituency £58m better off.
• £12bn to priority levelling up areas.
• soft power from British values & lasting trade ties.
• fund research vital to UK “science superpower” ambitions.

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'Non-parties' include journalists/bloggers/observers. Nearly 5 years after the Supreme Court ruling in Dring [supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uks…], the relevant civil court rule has still not been sufficiently amended for consistent #openjustice .

📝 REVEALED 📝

Corporate and land documents indicate the family of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s security chief owns vast property holdings in the UK worth £75.6 million - raising questions over the source of funds.

New Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project investigation featuring our analysis ⤵️

Have no doubt: Russia is at war with us.

Putin’s aim is to sow divisions in democracies, disrupt our lives, stretch security agencies and show his people he is hitting back at the West - but have our leaders finally woken up?

My i newspaper column inews.co.uk/opinion/have-n…

Failure of the family reunion scheme - 11,000 were waiting last July - leads to thousands of children taking to the small boats, say charities bit.ly/3yqKG9p

Four Tory MPs who made huge £6m selling taxpayer-funded 2nd homes won't say whether they paid capital gains

Exclusive from Nick Sommerlad

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South Korea builds the cheapest nuclear power plants in the world. KEPCO can build 6 of their APR-1400 plants for the same cost that we’re currently paying for Hinkley Point C. This is exciting news for Britain’s nuclear future.

I’ve said it before and I’m doing to say it again: Indigenous people don’t burn their native lands. Indigenous people don’t destroy ancestral tree farms. Indigenous people don’t uproot plants. Colonial settlers do.

PL: This is completely correct. Last year there was more NHS work than locums. This year lots of locum doctors just sitting around. theguardian.com/society/articl…

In over 30 years of studying and engaging with communities affected by displacement, I have never seen a shocking atrocity like this. Multiple forced displacement of generations, compelled to be on the run.

Georgia swells with protests under the boot of a billionaire - good to see this Inna Lazareva report on the country's massive mood of resistance to Russia, given under-reporting in Western media of these significant events thetimes.co.uk/article/georgi…

Grammy arrived !!! Very honored and grateful !

It’s been 2 yrs since Palestinian journalist #ShireenAbuAkleh , was killed by Israeli Occupying Forces with no accountability. Our FAI Unit investigation with @ForensiArchi concludes Shireen & fellow journalists were deliberately targeted #NotATarget
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I wonder if all those booing the Israeli entry realise the main sponsor of the Eurovision Song Contest is MoroccanOil which. despite its name, has its main manufacturing plant in Israel, located in a warehouse two hours north of Jerusalem, where MoroccanOil manufactures 80% of

Another massive protest in Georgia tonight underlining their determination to resist Russia

'In 214 days, Israel has killed 142 journalists in Gaza, approximately one every 36 hours. The staggering death toll makes the war the deadliest conflict for journalists in modern history.' #NotATarget aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/11…

Bravery made manifest. If the West does not step up quickly with enough heavy arms and money (EU, why only the interest? Why not the full amount?) Georgia will be next. Then the Baltics and Poland. This is our front line too, people.

For a taste of the bigger and bigger demands being placed on some state schools, have a listen to our recent The News Agents Investigates on the rise of temporary accommodation for kids, and how teachers have to deal with a cadre of children with no home to call their own.

🔴 UPDATE: Official #Gaza death toll rises to 34,971 Palestinians

The Palestinian health ministry is reporting that at least 34,943 Palestinians have been killed and 78,641 others wounded since Israel's war on Gaza began in October.

There are also an estimated 10,000