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Lib Dem resigns over Nick Clegg's 'lack of political will' »

A former chairman of the Keighley and Ilkley Liberal Democrats, Roger Beaumont, resigned from the party and criticised leader Nick Clegg on the party’s local website. Mr Beaumont, who stood as the Lib Dem candidate for the constituency of Keighl...

Wed 09 Feb 2011 by Marcus de Wilde | Read more »

SNP fund 1000 fewer university places »

The Scottish Government has come under attack as it announced that over 1000 less students would be funded through university this academic year. 129,733 undergraduate and postgraduate students are being funded for in 2010/2011, 1,066 fewer than the p...

Tue 14 Sep 2010 by Jonathan Baldie | Read more »

The irrepressible expenses scandal »

"If the final conclusion of the reviews…were to give the impression that the only people who could afford to become Members of Parliament were those with very substantial incomes," Prime Minister Gordon Brown stated, referring to the auditing of...

Wed 28 Oct 2009 by Marthe Lamp Sandvik | Read more »

Gurkhas win high court case »

A group of veteran Gurkhas have won their immigration test case to settle in the UK at London’s High Court.An estimated 2,000 Gurkhas—Nepalese soldiers who fought for the British Crown—had been refused visas to settle in the UK on the...

Tue 14 Oct 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

More funding for English students »

Students from England will this year be entitled to more Government funding to help cover the rising costs of living. Higher Education Minister, Bill Rammell has announced that the number of freshers from England eligible for maintenance grants have...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Adam Carrington | Read more »

Students held to ransom by government's ID plans »

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Students may be forced into holding ID cards in order to apply for a student loan, Conservative MPs have warned. A leaked Home Office document suggests that, from 2010, anyone aged sixteen or over may have to obtain the £100 biometric card to a...

Fri 15 Feb 2008 by Sarah Clark | Read more »

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