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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.

Latest Posts

Did Jeremy Corbyn’s Brexit chief just confirm Labour is voting against Brexit?

Joana Ramiro
29 May, 2018

Corbyn’s shadow cabinet has been dogged by accusations from Labour Remainers that it will not oppose a Tory Brexit. But Keir Starmer points in the opposite direction.

Pro-choice campaigners turn on British government after Repeal victory in Ireland

Joana Ramiro
29 May, 2018

On Friday a historic vote made abortion legal in the Irish Republic. By Monday, the DUP was vowing to block a similar move in Northern Ireland.

Why it’s time to regulate the ‘big data’ giants

Theo Stone
25 May, 2018

Mark Zuckerberg’s EU hearing was little more than window-dressing. It’s time for governments to look at breaking up the online monopolies.

Workers win major concession over outsourcing at University of London

Josiah Mortimer
25 May, 2018

But the union plan to keep the pressure up, after the university offered only ‘vague commitments’ to take some services back in house.

The Daily Mail’s desperate attempts to silence the anti-Brexit movement will fail

Eloise Todd
25 May, 2018

People power can and will overcome the bullying and intimidation of the Mail, writes Best for Britain’s Eloise Todd.

To end bad management, we need to look at who bears the risk in Britain’s broken economy

Prem Sikka
24 May, 2018

Prem Sikka argues that suppliers and employees must be compensated when companies go bust.

EU Amazon workers are winning the fight against exploitation. Could the UK be next?

Joana Ramiro
24 May, 2018

Amazon Italy has finally agreed to work with unions, Spanish fulfilment centres are on strike, and German workers have erupted in protest. Amazon.co.uk is next on the line.

housing UK

The Tories must give us houses – or pack up and move

Kevin Gulliver
24 May, 2018

Successive Conservative governments let the housing crisis spiral out of control. If they don’t want to tackle it, someone else should be at the helm.

How ‘Accountable Care Organisations’ threaten the very existence of our NHS

Kane Shaw
23 May, 2018

Two major developments in our health service could open it up to private takeovers. They must be stopped.

Why we’re fighting Jeremy Hunt’s NHS plans in the High Court

Allyson Pollock
23 May, 2018

The Health Secretary’s plans for the NHS could mark the back-door privatisation of our health service. Thousands are backing a judicial review to halt the controversial shake-up.

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