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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Is democracy on the slide?
If the public have little or no understanding of the decisions and institutions that govern our lives and we continue to ignore the warning signs, how long before we can no longer say with honesty that we live in a democracy?
Boris Johnson: wrong on ‘sloth’, right about management
It’s interesting that, in his column for today’s Telegraph, Boris Johnson has cited the German economy as the measuring stick against which Britain should compare itself.
Did lobbying scupper plain cigarette packaging?
The government has made two recent U-turns on public health issues. The first is minimum alcohol pricing, plans for which were scrapped in March amid rumours of a rebellion by senior Tories including home secretary Teresa May.
Queen’s Speech amendment ‘venal act of self indulgence’, says former Tory MP
A possible Conservative amendment to the Queen’s Speech condemning it for failing to include a bill advocating a referendum on EU membership would be a “venal act of self indulgence” that could be the beginning of the end of the Conservatives in office, a former Conservative MP has claimed.
Scotland’s big beasts go head to head (sort of) over independence
Two of Scotland’s biggest political beasts will be pitched against each other later today in the debate over the country’s future.
While we wait for action on payday lenders, can Catholic Social Teaching show citizens how to go it alone?
The charity StepChange have recently reported that twice as many people who sought their help with debts in 2012 had payday loans out compared with 2011. Reports like this remind us that change is needed to the way payday lenders are allowed to operate in the UK.
This week’s most read: Sir Alex’s view of the Tories, the Henry Jackson Society and Stephen Hawking
The most read articles on Left Foot Forward this week.
The Week in Washington: Immigration bill survives first test, White House refuses debt ceiling deal and more
Larry Smith’s weekly round up of American politics.
A mandatory living wage – the debate we need to have
If we don’t raise wages, control rents or reverse welfare cuts, we are going to completely price low paid workers out of London.
Peace makers promote peace, not boycotts
The international community should disabuse those Palestinians promoting boycotts of the idea that they can avoid these compromises. By failing to take that stand against the boycott campaign, professor Hawking has done nothing for the cause of peace. If anything, by encouraging behaviour that entrenches the conflict, he has set it back.