Gillian Keegan at odds with Home Office plan to restrict overseas students

Education secretary says UK ‘should be very proud of’ university sector, amid briefings with Suella Braverman

Gillian Keegan has signalled that she disagrees with the Home Office’s plan to cut migration by targeting overseas students, adding the financial boost from international students to British universities was “hugely valuable”.

The education secretary has said the university sector is something Britain “should be very proud of”, amid briefings that the home secretary, Suella Braverman, is considering looking at cutting the number of international students coming to the UK, or changing the terms of their stay.