25-08-2017 15:00 via theguardian.com

George Osborne urges Tory MPs to rebel over foreign students

Former chancellor attacks May over inclusion of students in immigration target after Boris Johnson refused to back herThe former chancellor George Osborne has urged Conservative MPs to rebel against Theresa May and vote to remove students from the government’s immigration targets, after the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, refused to back the prime minister on the issue.In a coruscating editorial in the Evening Standard, the newspaper he now edits, Osborne says new migration data publishe
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