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

Basit Mahmood
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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
Yesterday

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

Latest Posts

A polling station
News

What do the latest polls suggest would happen if a general election were held right now?

Chris Jarvis
24 February, 2025

The polls suggest it could be an unprecedented result

Social housing
News

Calls to bring universal basic income to Greater Manchester to help reduce poverty and end homelessness

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 February, 2025

‘It’s time to try something new.’

Smear of the week – ‘Handbaggate’ – the Murdoch media’s latest overblown smear on Rachel Reeves

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 February, 2025

Too often ‘gate’ is a pretty clear signal that some lazy journalism is about to follow. Remember Starmer and ‘beergate?’

Right-wing media watch – The Sun’s misleading attack on foreign aid

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 February, 2025

Far from offering constructive criticism, the Sun does a disservice to its readers by undermining the vital role that foreign aid plays in addressing some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

News

John Swinney calls for unity against climate change amid growing right-wing pushback

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
23 February, 2025

The SNP leader is urging for greater unity to make a renewed case for the urgency of climate action

Right-Wing Watch

All aboard the ARC – next stop, climate denial street!

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
22 February, 2025

It’s genuinely terrifying that these individuals wield such immense influence, on the media, on policy, and on the future of the planet. 

Supermarket in Spain
News

Migration fuels Spain’s economic boom, proof that xenophobia isn’t the answer

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
22 February, 2025

Spain’s socialist government champions immigration not only for humanitarian reasons but as an economic growth strategy.

News

Campaigners March for Ukraine on third anniversary of Russia’s invasion, as Trump stirs controversy with anti-Zelensky remarks

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
22 February, 2025

“Ukraine is fighting not just for its own freedom, but for the freedom of all of Europe, and of liberal democracy across the world.”

Donald Trump
Opinion

How governments distract from social injustice by creating moral panics

Prem Sikka
21 February, 2025

Censorship and indoctrination diminish the possibilities for emancipatory change

EU
News

‘A win for young people’: Labour’s potential UK-EU mobility scheme welcomed

Olivia Barber
21 February, 2025

Most British voters backed a UK-EU youth mobility scheme in a recent poll

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