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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Michael Savage Policy Editor

Senior Tories demand Sunak ditches ‘mindless’ crackdown on overseas students

Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is facing disquiet and rebellion from his backbench MPs. Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

Rishi Sunak is facing an immediate backlash over plans for a “mindless crackdown” on overseas students, as three former Tory university ministers warned it would hit attempts to level up the country and hold back Britain’s faltering economy.

Tory discontent is growing on several fronts just weeks into Sunak’s premiership, with rebellions growing this weekend over housebuilding plans and his vow to keep a ban on new onshore windfarms.

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