Half of school leavers don’t go to uni – let’s not forget them
Political debate tends to revolve around school leavers who go onto university, but there has been a lack of focus on the half of young people who don’t.
Ben Mackay
Five reasons why George Osborne is wrong
George Osborne’s declaration that his economic policy is “working” will have come as something of a shock to millions of families up and down the country.
It will take 120 years before women make up half of world leaders
A new report by the VSO reveals the sheer scale of the under-representation of women across parliaments and governments around the world.
Oops! ‘Green’ parking permit in Barnet now costs more than regular permit
Barnet residents entitled to a ‘green’ parking permit for low emission vehicles now have to pay more than people with more environmentally unfriendly cars.
Are The Times and The Sun marching to Murdoch’s tune?
On Thursday both The Times and The Sun, Rupert Murdoch-backed newspapers, made the same misleading claims about a Labour Party review into the British economy.
TaxPayers’ Alliance welfare proposals save little money, but add to misery
The Taxpayers Alliance has released a new report on welfare dependency, but the proposed solutions do little to save costs and only adds to hardship.
Obama administration’s aim to strike Syria divides opinion
President Obama is pursuing a course of military action against Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. Here is a round-up of the debate over intervention in Syria.
Lobbying Bill “lets Lynton Crosby off the hook, but gags charities and campaigners from having a say.”
The government’s proposed Lobbying Bill has come under heavy criticism amid fears that it will adversely affect charities and other organisations. The Bill would place a cap on the amount that organisations, not including political parties, can spend during elections.test
The internet has changed the world, but we need to wake up to cyber bullying
The internet has the capacity to connect families across continents, to bring together social groups so that they can fight for change and to unite writers with their readers, but the dark side of the internet is how easy ittest
Three ways to open up the legal profession
Britain’s most senior female judge, Baroness Hale of Richmond, has criticised the extent to which most judges come from sheltered and privileged upbringings. Baroness Hale said, “If the life-blood of the law is experience and common sense, then whose experiencetest