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Aug 25, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Carmen Aguilar García |Carmen Garcia
Fifty secondary schools in England suspended more than a quarter of their students after the pandemic, with children at schools with the most disadvantaged pupils three times as likely to be suspended as those in wealthier areas, according to analysis by the Guardian. The proportion of schools suspending large numbers of pupils has risen sharply since schools were closed to many children during Covid, and teachers have struggled with deteriorating behaviour since they reopened.
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Jul 5, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Ashley Kirk |Alex Clark |Carmen Aguilar García |Carmen Garcia |Pamela Duncan
Labour has secured 412 seats and the largest majority government in 25 years after historic general election results. While the overall vote share for Keir Starmer’s party is only around two points higher than in 2019, their seat tally has doubled because of huge drops in Conservative support.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Pamela Duncan |Carmen Aguilar García |Carmen Garcia |Michael Goodier
Fourteen years, five prime ministers, four election cycles, two UK-wide referendums and a global pandemic: a lot has happened since the Conservative party entered coalition in 2010. But there are other, bigger figures on voters’ minds: 7.6 million people on waiting lists for hospital treatment in England (three times the 2010 figure); 3% of Britons having to use a food bank , all while the cost of a weekly shop, household bills and mortgage repayments is rising.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Carmen Aguilar García |Carmen Garcia |Pamela Duncan |Michael Goodier |Elena Morresi
TikTok creators are well aware that there is an audience for political content on the platform. TikTok creators are well aware that there is an audience for political content on the platform. Photograph: TikTok compositeIf a week is a long time in politics, the five-year gap between UK elections is an eternity. The political landscape has changed dramatically since the Tories’ landslide victory in 2019 – but so too has the social media landscape.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Pamela Duncan |Hilary Osborne |Carmen Aguilar García |Carmen Garcia |Michael Goodier |Paul Scruton | +1 more
Ask a millennial in the UK in 2024 what distinguishes them from their parents’ generation and it is likely that a single-word answer will crop up: housing. Since 2010, despite a succession of government pledges to would-be homeowners, the average age of a first-time buyer in the UK has risen. Meanwhile rents have soared, homelessness has more than doubled and housebuilding targets have been repeatedly missed.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Helen Sullivan |Martin Belam |Andrew Sparrow |Amy Sedghi |Richard Adams |Damien Gayle | +4 more
Starmer says ‘inaction’ from Sunak over gambling row is in line with how Tories have ruled for 14 yearsKeir Starmer said his response to the Gambling Commission investigating Labour candidate Kevin Craig demonstrated his assertive style of leadership. He told broadcasters on Wednesday: I made very clear that if any of my candidates were being investigated in relation to the Gambling Commission, I’d remove them straight away, which is what I’ve done.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Helen Sullivan |Martin Belam |Andrew Sparrow |Amy Sedghi |Damien Gayle |Carmen Aguilar García | +3 more
Starmer says ‘inaction’ from Sunak over gambling row is in line with how Tories have ruled for 14 yearsKeir Starmer said his response to the Gambling Commission investigating Labour candidate Kevin Craig demonstrated his assertive style of leadership. He told broadcasters on Wednesday: I made very clear that if any of my candidates were being investigated in relation to the Gambling Commission, I’d remove them straight away, which is what I’ve done.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
aol.co.uk | Carmen Aguilar García |Carmen Garcia |Michael Goodier |Pamela Duncan
Nigel Farage in Newton Abbot on Monday. His Reform UK party has been targeting younger voters via social media and podcast appearances.Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty ImagesNigel Farage is outperforming all other parties and candidates on TikTok throughout the general election campaign, analysis shows, eclipsing politicians considered most popular among young people.
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May 30, 2024 | 
ftm.eu | Jesse Pinster |Ada Homolová |Carmen Aguilar García |Carmen Garcia |Pamela Duncan
Political parties are a cornerstone of democracies, but citizens’ trust in politicians and their parties is at an all-time low. Lack of transparency and corruption scandals fuel the public's concerns about whether parties are serving the greater good of society or just the interests of few. However, finding out the truth about how parties in the EU are funded is no easy task: all 27 EU-member states have their own rules and their own way of reporting the numbers.
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May 30, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Carmen Aguilar García |Carmen Garcia
Only seven out of 27 EU countries require political parties to reveal the identity of all their private donors, with Spain and France among the most opaque when it comes to the influence of money over politics.
