In the last few weeks of 2025, there was a raft of government policy announcements on migration, housing and homelessness. But good news was limited, and many…

This newsletter comes at the end of a conference season for the UK’s political parties, who spent much of it claiming to be tougher on…

Are the government’s immigration plans, announced in May, “untethered from reality” (Jonathan Portes, in The Guardian)? Or is it that “Keir Starmer loves a crackdown”…

So far this year there have been several indications that government immigration policy – especially in relation to “small boat” arrivals, is toughening up. Among…