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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James Bloodworth looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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Pope Francis: the man who catches the bus and cooks his own meals
The optimism invested in Pope Francis, the 266th holder of the office since St. Peter, was apparent on our television screens last night as pilgrims from all corners of the world – Black and White, rich and poor, European, African, Asian, North and South American – crammed into St. Peter’s Square to hear his first words.
The Bedroom Tax: let’s make it Cameron’s Poll Tax
The old Marxist cliche has it that history repeats itself “first as tragedy then as farce”. It is hugely important that the Left continues to hammer home the point that the Bedroom Tax is grossly unfair – as the polls show, it isn’t falling on deaf ears.
It’s increasingly clear that the Bedroom Tax is Cameron’s Poll tax. The Left must ensure history repeats itself as farce, rather than as a tragedy for the country’s disabled people.
Pope Jorge Bergoglio: what the papers are saying
The world this morning wakes up with a new Pope, someone that no one expected to take the post. Here’s how the papers have reacted to the news.
Osborne’s bet on Mundell-Fleming
What’s wrong with the Mundell-Fleming model? This question probably doesn’t much pre-occupy the political class, but it should because it provides pretty much the only defence remaining for the coalition’s macroeconomic policies.
The Falkland Islanders have spoken: the world (and the left) must listen
Ninety per cent of Falkland Islanders voted on their future and of those, 99.8 per cent voted for the islands to remain a British overseas territory. We must stand by the Falklands. They have spoken loud and clear, now the world, and the left, must listen
Time to put Hezbollah on EU terror list
The EU is strongest when it acts as one in the world. The weakness or reluctance of one member state impacts us all, and especially the people living in the shadow of Hezbollah’s destabilizing activities.
Unionist unity raises its head again
Internal unionist navel gazing following last weeks’ Mid Ulster by election has been exacerbated by allegations that the DUP and UUP last year held serious negotiations over a possible full merger.
The childcare crisis: a problem made in Downing Street
The childcare problem that David Cameron is trying to solve is one of his own making.