A recent paper has shown that habit can be a powerful driver of compliance—a finding that is consistent to the separate, but related, literature on get-out-the-vote (Dunning et al., 2017). Just the act of regularly paying taxes, or not doing so, can significantly affect future ...
Despite suggestions right-wing Tories could kill the Safety of Rwanda Bill, the government won the vote with 320 approving it and 276 rejecting it. The Bill was introduced in a bid to satisfy the Supreme Court which ruled last year that asylum seekers could not be deported to Rwanda because...
Before the vote, peers had for several hours debated the Rwanda agreement - and even addressed the prime minister's comments last week. Labour's Lord Vernon Coaker said: "Nobody, not least the prime minister, should hold press conferences lecturing us about what our role is, when ...
Right-wing Tories, including those in the New Conservatives group and the European Research Group, have said they "reserve the right" to vote down the bill at its third reading, if Mr Sunak does not "tighten" and toughen up the bill as they desire. ...
The vote came a day after some 60 members of Sunak’s governing Conservatives rebelled in an effort to make the legislation tougher. The dissent cost Sunak two party deputy chairmen, who quit in order to vote against the government.
But further amendments - specifically around injunctions by international courts grounding flights to Rwanda - are expected today, and more rebellions could take place. Some Tory backbenchers have even said they are prepared to vote down the bill when it is put to parlia...
Vote 2025: What matters to you? Tomorrow marks the first opportunity for the public at large to make their voices heard since last summer's general election. We've got a by-election in Runcorn and Helsby, where Labour are under threat from Reform, and 23 council electi...
It's seven days exactly until millions of people will go to the polls to vote in the local elections. Can Reform UK turn votes into seats - and from there into power? How far do the Tories have to fall? How unpopular is Labour now that it's in government?
It's seven days exactly until millions of people will go to the polls to vote in the local elections. Can Reform UK turn votes into seats - and from there into power? How far do the Tories have to fall? How unpopular is Labour now that it's in government?
The bill, key to the government's Rwanda plan, passed the House of Commons with 320 votes in favor and 276 votes against on Wednesday. It will now go to the House of Lords, Parliament's upper chamber, for its first reading. "The passing of the bill tonight marks a major step in our...