UK’s decision to rejoin EU’s Erasmus scheme is supported by majority of Britons, poll finds
The government says that up to 100,000 people of all ages could benefit in the first year.
Nigel Farage faces second investigation over claims he broke electoral law
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.
Depoliticising the elections regulator is a no-brainer for Labour
Democracy depends not just on rules, but on confidence that those rules are enforced without fear or favour.
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The Half Decents: Rock and roll across the political divide for Syria relief
Some causes transcend political barriers. The plight of those trapped between the murderers of the Islamic State and the slaughter at the hands of Assad’s forces is one of those issues.
Universal Credit may be a waste of money, say auditors
New report says the ailing scheme is dependent on assumptions.
What exactly does Ed Miliband think it means to be a ‘working person’?
There is no one type of ‘working person’, and it’s an indictment of our politics that such an obvious point has to be made.
Migration Watch and the Daily Express are dangerously close to open racism
What’s important to Migration Watch and the Express is not a baby boom as such, but a ‘foreign baby boom’.
Corporate power has become a governing institution in its own right
Corporations once lobbied politicians to win approval for their pet policies – now it’s the other way round.
Government blows £3m of Green Deal budget on marketing
The Green Deal is failing despite the huge sums invested in promoting it.
King’s Fund calls for additional £2bn in NHS funding
Even the most optimistic scenario put forward by the NHS’ Five Year Review would require an additional £8bn a year by 2020.
Two stark examples of the lack of appropriate mental health care for vulnerable mothers
Tania Clarence and Fiona Anderson received much attention from health and social workers, but neither received the mental health care that might have saved their children.
Disabled people wait 118,000 years longer than IDS intended
900,000 disabled people are waiting a combined 118,000 years longer than intended for assessments and decisions on crucial support.
The greed of energy corporations results in thousands of deaths each year
Fuel poverty will end only when we bring our energy supply back under democratic control.