AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoStudent Visa Crackdown: The Home Office is tightening university sponsorship rules, cutting the student visa refusal threshold to 5% (from 10%) and raising enrolment to 95% and completion to 90% (from 90% and 85%), with licences at risk for poor performance. Retail & Housing Watch: BRC data shows May footfall down 2.6% year-on-year, with record heat hitting shopping centres and retail parks, while Halifax reports house prices dipped 0.1% in May and rose just 0.5% year-on-year. Energy Security Debate: A new push argues the UK’s next energy dependency should be large-scale storage, warning current plans miss the grid bottleneck that forces renewables to switch off. Public Spending Scrutiny: The spending watchdog says King Charles’ brother Andrew held leases on multiple properties, including subletting, while the Crown Estate and the monarch’s rent arrangements are under the microscope. Safety & Crime: Surrey Police arrested a 21-year-old Saudi national after a crossbow shooting on a university campus left a man in serious condition; in Birmingham, police launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed to death. Business & Transport: Logistics UK warns costs are the main drag for the sector, and European Cargo has collapsed into administration, leaving 178 jobs at risk.
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