UK explores plan to drop visa fees for top global talent
PM’s team wants to make it easier to attract people from top universities as US moves in opposite direction
PM’s team wants to make it easier to attract people from top universities as US moves in opposite direction

Open hostility and high visa fees are a risky bet amid intensifying competition for the world’s brightest and best

Year-long pilot programme will target visitors from nations most likely to stay in the country beyond authorisation

London officials say move would require ‘very big’ offer from Brussels as Rachel Reeves seeks closer ties

The UK must ease skilled visa rules to attract the top talent leaving the US before they are lured elsewhere

Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia

Accord will result in higher medicines spending in Britain in exchange for exemption from threatened Trump tariffs