The vote of young Americans will be essential in the presidential elections on November 5, and the result appears to be close. How have young voters kept up to date with the campaign, the candidates and their policies? FRANCE 24's Katrine Lyngso spoke to some young voters in #Pennsylvania to find … Read more
Welcome and opening summary… Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of UK politics in the run-up to Labour's first budget in over a decade. Here are their headlines… Wes Streeting has said private schools can mitigate the impact of changes to VAT rules “if they are the good charities they say they are”. … Read more
It is the final stretch of a fiercely partisan presidential race in the United States, a nation where political divisions increasingly seem to coincide with the gender of the voter casting their vote. If you are an American woman, you are increasingly likely to vote for Kamala Harris, if you are … Read more
Starmer to face PMQs as reports claim Treasury must cover '£40bn funding gap' in Budget Good day. Governments engage in expectations management, and the latest example appears on the front page of the Monetary Occasions this morning, where there is a story saying that Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, has identified a “funding gap of £40bn” … Read more
Good day. Keir Starmer is in Edinburgh this morning to attend the first meeting of the Council of Nations and Regions. To publicize it, the government is launching an advert about “More than £24 billion of private investment for pioneering energy projects” although it has been pointed out that some of this is not strictly … Read more