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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A future Labour government ‘will not tolerate’ gender segregation in our universities
Labour shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna MP has spoken out strongly over the dicision by Universities UK to permit gender segregation on British university campuses.
The UK can’t rely on reputation alone to attract international students
The government should abandon its net migration target and commit unequivocally to increasing the number of international students studying in British education institutions.
Is the British government ignoring gay rights in India for trade?
It would appear that way from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s mealy-mouthed response to the effective criminalisation of homosexuality in India.
RE:SEAT’s attempt to impoverish MPs reflects an anti-politics sentiment that will only weaken Parliament
RE:SEAT represents an attempt to throw the baby out with the bathwater, and should be resisted.
Forgotten people
Carl Packman reviews the Ringtone and the Drum by Mark Weston.
Philip Hammond claims living standards are rising. Backs up the claim with…nothing
Defence secretary Philip Hammond was on the Daily Politics today and made a startling claim: that living standards are starting to rise again.
‘Worse than Mubarak’: human rights in Egypt and the effects of US military aid
US support for Egypt’s generals has led to a situation where the human rights situation in the country is now comparable to the Mubarack era.
Why is a poppy ok on the BBC but not an AIDS ribbon?
Graham Norton’s AIDS ribbon reprimand proves the BBC should end its discriminatory favouring of the British Legion’s poppy.
Osborne’s cap on the cost of credit presents a challenge we have to meet
if the mountains of usurious cash being built by Wonga, The Money Shop and others seem too high for fairer lenders to scale – ask yourself: did you ever think the Tories would cap the cost of credit?
Why we’re protesting against gender segregation this evening
The decision to allow gender segregation on campus is a shocking betrayal of any notion of equality between the sexes, let alone democracy or socialism.