We speak your mind. Enjoy free-thinking comment that champions your values. | | Joe Barnes and Nick Gutteridge Brussels Correspondent and Chief Political Correspondent | Britain faces an £8.75bn bill after Sir Keir Starmer agreed a deal to rejoin the European Union’s student exchange programme.
The Erasmus scheme allows our students to spend a year at a European university without incurring additional fees, with part of the cost going towards covering tuition fees and students’ living costs.
Britain paid between £200m and £300m annually towards Erasmus for the last five years it was a member before Boris Johnson opted to withdraw in December 2020, arguing it did not represent value for money because of a low uptake by students.
Labour said that rejoining Erasmus would cost £570m in 2027 for a one-year membership, but The Telegraph understands that ongoing membership is set to cost significantly more.
Brussels plans to increase funding for the scheme by more than 50 per cent and this, plus extra costs associated with joining EU programmes after Brexit, means the bloc could charge Britain £1.25bn a year between 2028 and 2034.
It is the first step in Sir Keir’s drive for closer ties with Europe after he said he was prepared to make “trade-offs”. It follows other agreements, including granting EU boats access to fishing waters and a pledge to follow European standards on food exports.
The move to rejoin Erasmus follows accusations that Sir Keir is trying to take Britain back into the EU by stealth. There have been growing calls from within Downing Street and senior figures in Labour to reverse Brexit.
Earlier this month, David Lammy, the Deputy Prime Minister, refused seven times to rule out the prospect of rejoining the customs union.
Read the full story here ➤ | | Danny Cohen No fair-minded person needs any explanation of what ‘globalise the intifada’ truly means Continue reading ➤ Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow Continue reading ➤ Joanna Williams AI is wrecking academia. But there is a solution Continue reading ➤ | Never miss a moment. Stay ahead with live news updates in our award-winning app. | | Ben Stokes cools off during a drinks break | The day that England’s 2025/26 Ashes dreams died for good? This is how the second day in Adelaide is poised to be remembered, Tim Wigmore reports, as England’s batsmen floundered in 40-degree heat – a day so hot there were thousands of empty seats at the Adelaide Oval, but only because spectators were desperate to find the shade.
Ollie Pope’s lax dismissal, flicking Nathan Lyon’s third ball to midwicket, will irk England; it might well end Pope’s career, too. Yet the remainder of England’s top order perished not to injudiciousness but simply unrelenting bowling. The collapse damned England’s batsmen who were caught between two stools, not knowing whether to Bazball or rein it in after Ben Stokes criticised them for being too “weak” in Brisbane.
England’s woes were heightened by more controversy with technology. Jamie Smith was dismissed for 22 when replays seemed to show a large gap between his bat and the ball. Yet while Smith could rightly feel aggrieved, the unpalatable truth is that Australia are simply a far more skilled cricket team.
See how the day’s play unfolded here ➤ | | As Britain battles a small boats crisis, asylum seekers are posing as children and young adults to game the justice and welfare systems. Deng Chol Majek is one such migrant. After stabbing a hotel worker 23 times, his sentencing has been postponed over a dispute about his age. In a broken system where flawed “subjective assessments” trump scientific evidence, experts are scrambling for a solution.
Continue reading ➤ | | | Whether it’s an online order or a last-minute dash, your choice of supermarket says more about you than you might think, according to Telegraph readers. Do you frequent middle-class establishments like M&S or Waitrose? Or can you be found rummaging through the middle aisle of Aldi? Find out whether you fit the supermarket stereotype below.
Continue reading ➤ | | | Businesses have taken a pummeling since Labour took office. Now, yet another change in the Budget means employers like Andrew Beale (pictured above), who runs two hotels, say taking a punt on untrained young workers is too risky and expensive. In fact, Mr Beale has stopped hiring and has cut his workers’ hours, telling the Government to “butt out. What hospitality wants is to be left alone.” Continue reading ➤ | | | There is surely no better age to live in, as far as getting intimate is concerned. We can now control fertility and talk about our desires without shame. However, as Eleanor Steafel discovers as she studies the data, from pensioners to teenagers, each generation has a reason for less love making. Continue reading ➤ | | | Lydia Mroczynska and her siblings have created ‘mood boards’ to depict the presents they want | | It seems that the days of surprise Christmas gifts are well and truly dead. Young people are now directing family and friends to curated collages and spreadsheets to avoid disappointment on the big day. With such specific requests replacing thoughtful gestures, Natasha Leake investigates how the festive season became so transactional. Continue reading ➤ | | | Consuming broccoli soup could reduce the length of your illness by around half a day | A mutant “superflu” has struck Britain. If you are unlucky and catch it, scientist Dr Emily Leeming has compiled her five go-to foods and drinks that will ease your symptoms and may even reduce how long you’re unwell. An added bonus – you’ll actually want to have them when you’re sick. Think a thick piece of toast smothered in marmite, or a blueberry and orange zest compote. Continue reading ➤ Below are two more helpful articles for you this morning: - The festive period disrupts routines and is fraught with trials that could make ADHD worse – but there are ways to help, say experts. Here are six things that make symptoms worse at Christmas and how to cope.
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Alexandra Palace has had an eventful first week in the World Darts Championship. Players have been distracted by an infestation of what? | | Charles Peattie and Russell Taylor | Some 38 years ago, we created the Alex cartoon.
Little did we know then we would chronicle the life and work of the City upstart for so long – through booms and busts, crises, wars and 10 different prime ministers.
Alex also accompanied us through our own lives. At points it was like “method cartooning in reverse” – Alex would go through experiences in the strip before one of us did in real life. Charles got married at about the same time as Alex did, then Alex’s son Christopher was born about six months ahead of Charles’s first child.
| The eponymous cartoon protagonist, Alex | Not just that but a host of the readers’ favourite characters were rooted in our own experiences too – girlfriends, City friends, contacts. Many made it from real life on to the page.
Here, for the first time, we recount the story of those inspirations, from Penny to Vince, and reveal what Alex meant to us, his supposed masters!
Read the full piece here ➤ | Live while you’re old Orlando writes...
It’s well established that 70 is the new 60, but did you know that 50 is now the new 30? That’s the verdict from John Lewis, anyway. Forget about ageing gracefully: these days people who were born before the invention of the VHS are breezing through marathons and celebrating with tattoos.
What do Telegraph readers make of this development? Dawn English wasn’t surprised: “I went to a DJ set a few weeks ago (a rave). It was civilised hours, though, starting at 3pm and finishing at 11pm. It was full of fabulously dressed 50-somethings dancing the afternoon away.”
Claire Carruthers observed: “It’s very easy to fall into comfort and convenience. I do, partly because I’m dog-walking all the time. But there is now so much self-care available to us, and increased spending power has changed the dynamics. My grandmother died in her early 60s but looked closer to 100, as people did in those days.”
E Lucas added: “For years I’ve been describing myself and my friends as ‘forever 40’, as we don’t really seem to have got older in our tastes. We’re all 67, so are ageing, obviously, but we don’t give in to it. Women don’t have age-related ‘uniforms’ like they did in the past. Every generation stays more youthful than the previous one.”
A note of scepticism came from Elizabeth Auger, however: “I’m 61, and I don’t wear denim or leggings – haven’t done for years. What you wear won’t change your age, and I think many people look a bit scruffy.” Are Gen-Xers on a Benjamin Button journey? Let me know what you think here, and the best of the bunch will feature in a future edition of From the Editor PM, for which you can sign up here.
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