February 2011
Making apprenticeships work for the economy
Today is the start of National Apprenticeship Week; Catherine McKinnell MP explains why the Apprenticeships and Skills (Public Procurement) Bill will help.
Lessons from the NFL: There is a better way of running our football clubs
There’s a long way to go in improving the accountability of professional sport in England, but the success of the Green Bay Packers shows there is a better way.
Who owns the fair ground?
Labour struggles to define itself, as “fairness” is on everyone’s lips, reports George Hull, researcher and teacher of political philosophy at UCL.
If enough people speak out, councils may have to think again on bus cuts
There is still hope out there; if enough people make enough noise about buses, councils might just have to start to listen, writes Alice Ridley of the Campaign for Better Transport.
Fort Hood report can teach us about home-grown radicalisation
David Cameron today signalled a tougher stance on groups promoting Islamist extremism in a keynote speech at the Munich Security Conference; we look at the lessons to learn from the States.
The truth about the Australian AV experience
The AV referendum is in exactly 3 months, yet sadly, over the last few months, we have become used to half-truths and innuendo being portrayed as fact by the No Campaign.