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Boris Johnson calls on easing of foreign student visa restrictions

According to Mr Johnson's figures, the number of Indians applying to study in the UK dropped nine per cent this year and is forecast to fall a further 25 per cent next year. Of the 110,000 foreign students in London alone, 9,000 are from India, where ...

Boris Johnson in India: London mayor calls for easing foreign student visa restrictions

Speaking ahead of an address to Indian students in Delhi, the London Mayor said new rules introduced last year by ministers to slash the number of bogus colleges sent out the "wrong signal", adding that he feared they would hit the £2.5 billion reve...

Boris Johnson calls on easing of foreign student restrictions

According to Mr Johnson's figures, the number of Indians applying to study in the UK dropped nine per cent this year and is forecast to fall a further 25 per cent next year. Of the 110,000 foreign students in London alone, 9,000 are from India, where ...

I’ve seen the future in India, and Britain can share the spoils

This is a country of 1.2 billion, set to overtake China as the most populous place on earth – and unlike China, they are all so young. Half the population is under 25. In fact, one in 11 of the entire global population is an Indian under 25. Think o...

Nut cutlet talk harms recovery, says Boris Johnson

Mr Johnson called for an end to such gloomy talk just hours after Mr Cameron said he would continue to take “big, difficult decisions” on the deficit, while helping businesses to grow.
The Prime Minister promised to sweep away rules, reviews and c...

Boris Johnson thinks mansion tax is ‘absurd’

Speaking at the Confederation of British Industry the Mayor of London said: "The OECD now officially rates Britain as a high tax country with average earners now paying more than Sweden.


"We should have taxes that are low but fair and it is absurd ...

Not a single penny more for the EU’s begging bowl

This is a budget so riddled with fraud and malpractice that in 18 years it has never been given a clean bill of health by the European Court of Auditors. Bear in mind, moreover, that this Court is itself an EU institution, with nothing like the resour...

Smearing an innocent man’s name is the real tragedy here

You know, I am afraid that they still don’t get it. The people at the BBC show no real sign of understanding what they have done wrong, let alone making amends. We have heard an awful lot in the past 24 hours about the personal calvary of George Ent...

Listen up, Mitt – because I’ve got the key to the White House

This is the stage at which you would expect people to start to rally behind the incumbent, to stick with what they know, and to decide that Obama may not have been as dazzling as he promised, but he has been far from disastrous and deserves another te...

Boris Johnson gives as good as he gets during Bristol heckling

The mayor was on a tour of Bristol to show his support the Conservative candidates running in the city's mayoral and Police Crime Commissioner elections next month.


Mr Johnson is used to charming the public and often gets an enthusiastic reception,...