Lowering the voting age: a boost for UK democracy or a shot in the dark? | Electoral reform

Half a century since the national voting age was last lowered, Keir Starmer has decided the time is right to include more than a million 16- and 17-year-olds in democracy for the... Read more »

Cohesive communities built on work and charity | Social exclusion

Your editorial rightly argues that collective belonging is rooted not only in place but also in shared purpose, and the dignified structures of mutual support that have too often been dismantled (The... Read more »

Starmer and Modi hail ‘historic day’ as UK-India trade deal is signed | Trade policy

Keir Starmer and Narendra Modi hailed a “historic day” on Thursday as they signed a free trade agreement between the UK and India. The two leaders said the trade deal, which is... Read more »

The Guardian view on global inequality: the rising tide that leaves most boats behind | Editorial

This year’s global wealth report by the City bank UBS confirms what is self-evident but rarely confronted: while riches are accumulating, their distribution remains starkly unbalanced. In the 56 countries and economic... Read more »

No fear or favours: how Corbyn and Sultana’s party could blow up British politics | Politics

New political parties have a patchy record in British politics. Take Change UK, which launched amid much fanfare in the spring of 2019 and had disbanded by the end of the same... Read more »

Resident doctors’ strike undermines union movement, Wes Streeting says | Doctors

A strike by resident doctors “enormously undermines the entire trade union movement”, Wes Streeting has argued, urging them not to join industrial action on Friday morning. In an article for the Guardian,... Read more »

Modi and Starmer sign ‘landmark’ agreement

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed a free trade deal with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in a multi-billion pound export boost. UK cars and whisky will be cheaper to export... Read more »

Public frustrated by asylum seeker housing, says minister Jonathan Reynolds

Kate Whannel Political reporter PA Media The government shares the public’s “huge frustration” at the pressure the asylum system puts on housing supply, Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has said. Speaking to the... Read more »

Mum and children killed in shooting were fabric of community, says MP

PSNI The three victims have been named as Vanessa Whyte and her son James and daughter Sara A mother and two children killed in a suspected triple murder and attempted suicide in... Read more »

Use offices or lose them, Eluned Morgan tells Welsh government staff

Google The Welsh government’s Cardiff HQ in Cathays Park averaged 19% of staff working there daily in March The Welsh government “can’t justify continuing to hold offices open if people don’t turn... Read more »