| When David Cameron promised to bring down immigration to tens of thousands he knew the options available to the government to do so were limited. Unable to control EU migration and with legal safeguards restricting their ability to limit accepted asylum claims, foreign students became one of the groups they turned their attention to.
If their intention was to make the UK an unattractive prospect for students thinking of studying abroad, it seems to have worked. New figures show that the number of people wishing to study in the UK long-term have fallen to their lowest level since 2007. But with the financial and reputational benefits of providing education to foreign students well known, our first piece today suggests the government has committed a quite remarkable act of national self-harm.
And, with the number of people attending church continuing to dwindle, does Christianity still have a role to play in communities. Our next piece suggests that it does and points to the many services the church provides to vulnerable people as evidence that it is still a vital part of society. | 
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