British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources sayGood morning. As the Pippa Crerer revealed for the Guardian yesterday, the government will today announce that the UK is rejoining the EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme.The move has been welcomed by... Read more
The Guardian - Dec 17
Government lost Lords vote on employment rights bill by 24 votes, just hours after the creation of 25 new Labour peersGood morning. Yesterday Keir Starmer announced the creation of 25 Labour new peers. About an hour or so later, the government lost an important vote on the employment rights bill ... Read more
The Guardian - Dec 11
The chancellor will give evidence to the Commons Treasury committee about the budget from 10amGood morning. It is PMQs today, but Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, is also facing intense scrutiny in the Commons today. She is giving evidence to the Treasury committee at 10am and then, from about 4pm,... Read more
Theguardiantheguardian - Dec 10
Chancellor Rachel Reeves declared on Sunday that she was ‘determined’ to remain in her position for years Read more
The Independent - Dec 01
The left-leaning Resolution Foundation says freezing income tax thresholds less progressive than raising income tax rates by 1pAsk the Guardian your budget questionsQ: Paul Johnson, who used to run the IFS, said yesterday the tax rises were mostly to fund additional spending. But you are protecti... Read more
The Guardian - Nov 27
Liz Kendall says ‘we are clear-eyed about our relationship with China and national security will always come first’Good morning and welcome to Friday’s UK politics blog. National security “will always come first”, science secretary Liz Kendall said this morning amid reports the government could a... Read more
Theguardiantheguardian - Nov 21
Chancellor to give Downing Street speech as markets open and is expected to be ‘candid’ about choices to fill fiscal gapGood morning. David Cameron is credited with popularising the term “pitch rolling” in Westminster, to describe the process whereby politicians prepare the public for difficult a... Read more
The Guardian - Nov 04
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the policeSadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, said the pockets of violence at the protest yesterday were “completely unacceptable”.In a post on X thanking the Metropolitan police f... Read more
The Guardian - Sep 14
After Angela Rayner resigned and Peter Mandelson was sacked, Labour MPs have begun to ask whether Starmer could be challenged as PMThere has been a joke going around Labour MPs over the past week about three envelopes in Soviet Russia. “Whenever you run into trouble, open them in order,” the inst... Read more
The Guardian - Sep 13
Rayner resignation ‘brought forward’ reshuffle, says chief secretary Darren Jones, but he insists there is no split within Labour partyPrime minister Keir Starmer had wanted to carry out his reshuffle on a “slightly slower timetable”, PA reports, but it was “brought forward as a consequence of th... Read more
The Guardian - Sep 06
