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UK immigration to introduce premium service for Tier 4 sponsors
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The chief executive of the UK Border Agency (UKBA) has announced that he intends to establish a premium service for Tier 4 sponsors. He says that the service will cost £8,000 a year and will give UK universities who sign up a better service.

Rob Whiteman said that the new service would give Tier 4 sponsors 'a range of benefits' including• Access to a named account manager• Priority consideration of post-licence casework,• Monthly information reports on certificate allocations• Access to student eligibility checks.

UK immigration huge fee increase for dependants from April – Apply Now!
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The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has said that it intends to raise its fees for all applications from 6th April 2013.

Most fees will rise by 3% in line with inflation. The greatest increases will be for dependants of main applicants applying from within the UK.

At present, dependants applying from within the UK pay only 50% of the fees paid by the main applicant. This will rise to 75% of the main applicant's fee from 6th April.

Labour's Cooper proposes alternative UK immigration policy
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Today, 7th March 2013, shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper delivered a speech acknowledging that the last Labour government made 'mistakes' on immigration and laying out the party's new position and policies.

COMMENT – UK's EU dilemma over Romanian/Bulgarian immigration estimates
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By Alex Owen

UK Labour Party changes approach on UK immigration
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The leader of the UK Labour Party has delivered a party political broadcast on UK television saying that the last Labour government got its UK immigration policy wrong. He said that he now has 'a new approach' to the issue.

BBC criticised for being uncritical of UK anti-immigration pressure group
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The Migration Matters Trust, a UK group founded by parliamentarians to encourage an open and honest debate about immigration in the UK, has criticised the BBC for accepting statistics presented by an anti-immigration organisation without question. p>

Migration Matters has written to the BBC complaining about the prominence that it gives to figures produced by Migrationwatch UK. The Migration Matters letter complains 'Migrationwatch UK are not an independent thinktank or academic body but a lobbying and campaigning organisation'.