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The government has increased the cost of applying for partner visas by 25%. It’s a system that ensures migration revenue while worsening the burden on couples.
Independent Analysis and Reportage

The government has increased the cost of applying for partner visas by 25%. It’s a system that ensures migration revenue while worsening the burden on couples.

Students may think they’re just choosing a maths subject, but they are also shaping the university courses and careers most immediately available after school.

It’s a gamble for both leaders. But the US president showed how effective this tactic can be.

The US and Iran have once again traded strikes, prompting Donald Trump to declare the ceasefire between them ‘over’.

Patrice Lawrence’s vision for her children’s laureateship is to foster a sense of belonging through reading.

As Canada advances its national AI strategy, we must ask what digital migration data reveal, and what they leave unseen.

In Iran, the ‘hardliners’ are a politically powerful group who follow the strict principles of the 1979 revolution.

Some writers describe the world as it is. Shahrnush Parsipur spent her life imagining how it might be different.

Iran’s leaders could use the peace dividend to invest in fixing its severe environmental problems.

The challenge is not a lack of evidence. It is a lack of urgency.

There have been notable examples of rating agencies differing significantly in their decisions on African institutions and countries.

France’s ethnically diverse squad reflects the nation’s multi-faceted history: its colonial heritage, migration patterns and the French Football Federation’s training policy that dates back to the 1990s.