From Boots to Barclays: Why branch businesses are good for our cities
Paul Swinney of the Centre for Cities looks at the effects of independent businesses on the economy.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Gove must stop seeing the British education system as part of a global qualifications race
News of education secretary Michael Gove’s plans to scrap GCSEs made headlines this morning and the story warrants some unpicking.
Wales education minister: Gove’s way of announcing GCSE reforms was “bonkers”
Education secretary Michael Gove wants to scrap the national curriculum and bring back exam systems from the past, to the anger of the Welsh education minister.
The left must build a coalition of the willing at the G20 in order to boost global recovery
Obama, Hollande, Dilma, Gillard and Hernandez would be a formidable force for progress if they worked together to push for a global growth plan.
Right-wing think tanks much less transparent than left-wing organisations
The new “Who Funds You?” website, launched today, reveals left-leaning think tanks are more open transparent thank their right-wing counterparts.
G20: Is Obama drawing a line between his approach and Cameron & Merkel’s austerity?
In the G20 Leaders Declaration at the Los Cabos summit in Mexico, has Barack Obama contrasted his approach to the austerity of David Cameron and Angela Merkel.
UEFA’s pitiful response to racism at Euro 2012 should worry us all
The inadequate fine handed to Croatia is another sign of a governing body that cares more for technicalities than for the welfare of black and Asian players.
Date set for full disclosure of Hillsborough files
It has been announced today that the Hillsborough Independent Panel will publish its final report and associated documents into the Hillsborough tragedy.
Labour market statistics: Unemployment is falling, yet so are real wages
The fall in unemployment was smaller than the rise in the number of economically inactive people who want work.
Labour need to recover in the South for political principle, not just electoral advantage
The Conservative Party refused to listen to voters and were rewarded with the worst sequence of election defeats since 1832. Labour must not repeat the error.