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UK’s decision to rejoin EU’s Erasmus scheme is supported by majority of Britons, poll finds

Basit Mahmood
Today

The government says that up to 100,000 people of all ages could benefit in the first year.

Brexit and EU

Nigel Farage faces second investigation over claims he broke electoral law

Basit Mahmood
Today

Anna Turley, the Labour party chair, has called on Farage to “urgently come out of hiding” and explain whether his party spent more than the £20,660 limit for campaigning.

Nigel Farage being heckled in the Commons

Depoliticising the elections regulator is a no-brainer for Labour

Tom Brake
Today

Democracy depends not just on rules, but on confidence that those rules are enforced without fear or favour.

Latest Posts

Wales just scrapped the worst of the Tories’ union-busting law

Josiah Mortimer
21 July, 2017

The Welsh Assembly has abolished most of the Tories’ divisive Trade Union Act. But workers’ rights in Wales aren’t safe just yet.

Why Gove can’t be trusted on his ‘Green Brexit’ rhetoric today

Josiah Mortimer
21 July, 2017

Don’t buy Gove’s ‘Green Brexit’ promises – his record speaks louder than his words.

From the railways to pension age – are the government trying to bury bad news?

20 July, 2017

It’s not the first time they’ve done this…

Anti-fracking protestors block Cuadrilla site in Lancashire

20 July, 2017

Activists are trying to disrupt Cuadrilla’s work through direct action

Student debt is causing mid-life tax crisis, study finds

20 July, 2017

Claims that the tuition fee system is progressive aren’t supported by the evidence, this report finds.

It’s official: no deal is a bad deal

20 July, 2017

Despite what May says, academics have found no deal would be the worst of all worlds.

Someone just joined the House of Lords through the votes of 16 aristocrats

Josiah Mortimer
19 July, 2017

And we know next to nothing about him.

I’m a student from a low-income background – and I support tuition fees. Labour should too

Jack Ashton
19 July, 2017

Scrapping tuition fees would only penalise working class taxpayers. Labour should focus on reducing inequality in education instead.

The Tories are blocking Parliament’s petition site from running. How is that right?

Josiah Mortimer
19 July, 2017

Something is up when a backbench group of Conservatives can stop citizens from engaging with Parliament.

NHS GP surgery

The government is refusing to tell us about a key NHS sell-off. Don’t let them get away with it

Josiah Mortimer
19 July, 2017

Ministers are dodging questions on the privatisation of a vital health service body – setting a dangerous precedent.

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