Gove doesn’t like bureaucratic interference unless it’s his bureaucratic interference
The Education Secretary has hitherto opposed government intervention in the classroom; now he wants sweeping reforms of the primary curriculum. How come?
Yearly Archives: 2012
Economic update – June 2012: The economy – and the government’s policies – going nowhere
The government’s rejection of stimulus measures to promote growth has left the British economy static, with declining growth and increasing inflation.
Pickles’ Plan to deal with “120,000 trouble families” in a tailspin
Eric Pickles’ proposals to deal with ‘troubled families’ is a rehash of a New Labour policy, but served on bed of dubious spin kicking the poor and public sector workers.
Ken Livingstone: Why isn’t Boris using TfL’s £759m surplus to cut fares?
New figures from TfL show another annual surplus that could be used to cut fares
Time for slippery Salmond to answer for his “toe-curling fawning over Rupert Murdoch”
On Wednesday, SNP leader Alex Salmond will have to face the Leveson Inquiry and atone for his “toe-curling fawning over Rupert Murdoch”.
Osborne wrong again in passing buck to eurozone
George Osborne has again blamed the double dip recession on the eurozone – the truth, however, is the causes of the recession are primarily domestic.
Look Left – Racism at Euro 2012, the Diamond Jubilee and remembering Margaret Bondfield
Shamik Das looks back at the week’s politics, including our progressive, regressive and evidence of the week.
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Putting an individual through university generates £227k for the economy
The government needs to recognise the economic returns from investing in A-levels and degree courses, writes UCU general secretary Sally Hunt.
Women have been in the British cabinet for 83 years, but the fight for representation isn’t over
Today marks the anniversary of the first female appointment into the British cabinet, but statistics show women’s progress in politics has been poor.