The Guardian view on the British Council: an institution to be valued | Editorial

The government seems intent on punishing a public organisation that builds trust between nations When the UK departed the Erasmus+ scheme at the moment it left the European Union, there were justifiable cries of protest. Losing an exchange programme that enabled young people to enrich their education in Europe was one more needless loss, one more piece of collateral damage self-incurred as a result of the Conservatives' hard Brexit. But Erasmus+ did not provide good value for money, said the uni...