Britain must invest in education to succeed in global economy
In less than a decade, the United Kingdom has slumped from third to 15th position in the number of students graduating, it emerged today.
Claire French
Website Claire is a former Left Foot Forward intern. She is now enrolled on an NCTJ multimedia journalism course, a columnist at Tribune Magazine, and has published work with a number of other print and online publications. Claire's blog can be found at www.clairefrench.co.uk.
Boris must act on “lethal cocktail of job and safety cuts”
Ken Livingstone, London’s last mayor, exclusively told Left Foot Forward: “Millions of Londoners are experiencing chaos in getting to and from work today, yet the Mayor refuses to meet the two unions involved in this dispute, which arises in part from Boris Johnson breaking an election manifesto commitment to protect tube ticket office opening hours.”
Osborne, big money donors and his fight to block hedge fund regulation
None of these donations are illegal, but questions will be raised over why people with such vested interests are handing over huge sums of money, and in the having seen Conservative MEPs vote against a clamp down on tax dodgers and Mr Osborne’s fight to block European regulation of hedge funds, one must ask: cui bono?
UK carbon emissions rising says chief government scientist
Carbon emissions in the United Kingdom have increased since 1980, if “embedded” emissions are taken into account. Professor Robert Watson, the Government’s chief environmental scientist has called for more openness in the publishing of statistics, which can be misleading.
Diane Abbott: The state isn’t the answer to everything
Diane Abbott set out her own vision of civic society in the thoughtful constraints of the type of community in which she lives in a speech titled The “Big Society” is a ‘big con’ at Policy Exchange this morning.
Glass half-full for Tony as half-price books fail to fly off the shelves
On the day that Tony Blair’s memoirs were released, it all seems a bit quiet. There were no queues; the bookshelves still full of hardbacks with “half price” stickers placed on the front.
Livingstone: Londoners to suffer £5,625 of cuts per head
Ken Livingstone has cliamed Londoners are under attack from the Government – with £5,625 worth of spending per Londoner to be cut over the next five years.
Tory MEP: Poor kids are “a bunch of feckless ne’er-do-wells”
Government plans which could make highly performing secondary schools allocate places to pupils of mixed abilities have been slammed by Tory MEP Roger Helmer. According to Mr Helmer, the children of middle class parents are the most intelligent and should thus go to the best schools.
Labour leader battle enters final phase
With one week to go before Labour Party members and affiliates receive their ballot papers, all is still to play for before the new leader is announced on September 25.
Ed M again dodges question on why his opposition to Iraq etc. wasn’t more vocal
Ed Miliband again side-stepped the question of why he hadn’t been more vocal in his opposition to unpopular Labour policies in an interview with Yoosk.com.