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Phillipson praises foreign students but says Labour won’t remove Tory cap on numbers – UK politics live



Education secretary says they make ‘important contribution’ but new government has not yet seen the effects of restrictionsThe chancellor, reacting to those GDP figures, echoed the messaging of her colleague Darren Jones yesterday about inflation, saying the government is “under no illusion” about the situation.Rachel Reeves said:The new government is under no illusion as to the scale of the challenge we have inherited after more than a decade of low economic growth and a £22bn black hole in the public finances.That is why we have made economic growth our national mission and we are taking the tough decisions now to fix the foundations, so we can rebuild Britain and make every part of the country better off. Continue reading…



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Publish date : 2024-08-15 10:18:33

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