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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Why Rishi Sunak’s budget failed on climate change
Faced with a choice of setting out an ambitiously green budget, on the eve of a global climate summit that the government will be hosting, Rishi Sunak opted for business as usual.
Wera Hobhouse MP: Local government should be at the heart of the net zero transition
‘To effect the change we so urgently need, local authorities must embed zero carbon approaches to managing, funding, procuring, commissioning and delivering services but they need the sufficient resources to do this.’
Labour must use the budget to make levelling up the test of this government
‘Labour should welcome the thrust of the levelling up agenda but play on Keir’s biggest strength: that unlike Johnson, he is seen as competent, capable, and professional’.
Diane Abbott MP: ‘Sunak is another Tory chancellor playing the role of Robin Hood in reverse’
‘The Resolution Foundation put it succinctly, ‘On taxes, by 2027 average households will be paying £3,000 more in taxes than when Boris Johnson became Prime Minister.’
EXCLUSIVE: Voters say there should be criminal sanctions for bosses who fail to remove harmful content on their platforms
69% of those asked believe there should be criminal proceedings against company directors who fail to tackle harmful, but not illegal, content on their platforms.
The UK needs a pandemic preparedness plan to ensure Covid failures are never repeated
‘Scientists are clear that the next pandemic is coming’.
Sunak slammed for cutting taxes on domestic flights days before COP26
‘Yes, you heard that right – @RishiSunak is making flights cheaper. Good thing there’s no #ClimateEmergency.’
Radical Roundup: 10 stories that have got buried – Week 4, October 2021
The news you didn’t see this week…
EXCLUSIVE: Over half of voters think COP26 summit won’t make a positive difference to climate change
The poll found that 51% of UK adults think that the COP26 summit will not make a positive difference to climate change
Jon Trickett: A Wealth Tax is a bold policy but our times call for nothing less
‘In Britain we tax income rather than wealth. This no longer makes sense in our day and age, if it ever did’.