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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.

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A photo of doctors on a picket line striking for higher pay.
News

Resident doctors strikes: Everything you need to know

Chris Jarvis
10 November, 2025

This is why and when doctors will be on strike

The four Labour MPs who have had the whip removed
News

Labour restores whip to four MPs who voted against welfare cuts

Olivia Barber
10 November, 2025

‘There will always be disagreements in politics, what defines us is how we resolve them.’

Woke-bashing of the week: White poppies spark red rage

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 November, 2025

With images of the devastation and civilian suffering in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine having dominated our screens agenda for years now, why on earth can’t our national newspapers promote averting war?

Right-Wing Media Watch – In attacking Reeves’ blame-shifting, Andrew Neil inadvertently proves her right

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 November, 2025

The reaction from the conservative press was nothing short of hysterical.

News

Calls grow for unlimited free bus travel for vulnerable groups to be made permanent in Greater Manchester

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
9 November, 2025

Campaigners describe lifting the restrictions as “a simple, practical step towards greater inclusion and belonging,” helping everyone feel like a valued part of society.

News

Rupert Murdoch’s Times humiliated over fake interviews

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 November, 2025

Calls have been made for the press regulator to investigate “systematic failings which lead publishers to keep running fake, likely AI-generated, PR content.”

Right-Wing Watch

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia and AI propaganda – is it time to talk about a digital fourth Reich?

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 November, 2025

History tells us what happens when far-right propaganda meets cutting-edge technology. And if Grokipedia is any indication, we may already be watching the sequel.

News

Robert Jenrick called out for ‘mean spirited’ hypocrisy

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
8 November, 2025

“There’s nothing he won’t do to get attention.”

Canary Wharf

Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich

Prem Sikka
7 November, 2025

The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few

The Leader of the House Lucy Powell
News

Labour’s new deputy leader Lucy Powell says party must not break tax manifesto promise

Olivia Barber
7 November, 2025

Powell has also repeated her call for the two-child limit to be lifted “in full”

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