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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Salmond ‘self-serving and selfish’ argues Miliband
Ed Miliband will today launch a highly personal attack on Alex Salmond by accusing the Scottish First Minister of practicing the kind of divisive politics pursued by Margaret Thatcher.
Scottish Labour to consider devolution of income tax
Scottish Labour’s annual conference will this weekend consider calls for Holyrood to gain powers over all income tax in Scotland.
Look Left – Margaret Thatcher, the scuppering of emissions legislation and worrying labour market stats
James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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A minimum wage worker would need to work 380 hours a week to match top earner
A minimum wage worker would need to work for 380 hours a week to match the annual salary of someone at the 99th percentile, according to research by the Resolution Foundation.
It’s time to think the unthinkable on illegal drugs
Brighton and Hove could become the first British city to provide consumption rooms for drug addicts. This should prompt a debate over whether prohibition is still the best way to reduce drug use.
When economists are wrong we all suffer. And we now know the debt obsession is wholly misplaced
It was argued by Reinhart- Rogoff that high debt essentially meant that the state captured all resources, used them inefficiently, prevented the private sector using them and so curtailed growth at cost to everyone. There’s just one problem.
‘We’re all Thatcherites now’? Sorry Dave, we’re not
Going by a new poll from YouGov, the proposition that we are “all Thatcherites now” appears flawed: some of the central tenets of Thatcherism are deeply unpopular with the public.
Justine Greening should reaffirm the UK’s commitment to a New Deal for the world’s poorest
In order to continue to support the world’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens, Justine Greening should reaffirm the UK’s commitment to the New Deal and its support for the integration of the New Deal into the post-MDG agenda when she goes to the International Dialogue event on Friday.
South Koreans remain calm despite international concern
I have just returned from South Korea, a country that it’s easy to forget has been at war with its northern neighbour since 1953. While much has been written on North Korea and the international response, little has been written on the views of those in the eye of the storm: people living in South Korea. These were the views that I was most interested in.