FOREIGN students would be kicked out of the country when their courses ended under tough rules being drawn up by Theresa May.

The home secretary wants a future Conservative government to “move towards zero net student migration” by sending home those who come to Britain on student visas.

The plan is likely to bolster May’s support from the Tory right amid a feud between her closest aides and Conservative high command.

In a move that will be seen as an attempt to burnish her credentials as a future leader, May is demanding that the party’s next manifesto include a pledge to force non-EU students to leave the UK and apply for a fresh visa from abroad. At the moment most students switch easily to a