The Government has committed “an act of self-harm” by omitting India from a relaxation of visa rules on international students, a think-tank has said.

All illegal immigrants should be offered cash and other support to voluntarily leave Britain and rebuild their lives and set up businesses in their home countries, a think-tank tank recommends today.

By Jill Rutter, Programme Director at the Institute for Government. Jill is a former civil servant who once, a long time ago, headed HM Treasury's Fiscal Policy Division.

In our latest instalment of ‘Ask the Expert’, we were joined by Colin Harvey, Professor of Human Rights Law, Queen’s University Belfast who explored one of the most current topics of conversation – Brexit and Northern Ireland.

This Ask the Expert talk given by Dr Maria Abreu was a textbook example of how academic expertise can illuminate complex problems of public policy.