Will Straw
Will Straw founded Left Foot Forward in 2009 and was its first Editor. Follow him on Twitter.
Rising tuition fees “drive students to study abroad”
The number of British students studying in the US has risen again. The Fulbright Commission says "rising tuition and and limited places in the UK drive students to study abroad."
At it again: Now IDS misleads on jobs for foreigners
DWP is under investigation from the Statistics Authority. In today's Daily Mail, IDS makes erroneous claims about the proportion of "net jobs" goings to "people from overseas".
Protest violence distracts from Tory U-turn on Education Maintenance Allowances
The idiots who stormed Millbank Tower yesterday and threw a fire extinguisher from the roof have rightly been condemned for […]
Clegg’s dubious jobs claim
Nick Clegg writes in today's Guardian about welfare reform. But his claims on jobs, incentives for work, the welfare bill, and poverty do not stack up.
Labour should campaign on AV
Andy Burnham says "It would be a recipe for chaos and confusion if Labour candidates were also supporting AV in their literature." He's wrong - the party should campaign for AV.
LSE, SOAS and Guildhall among Unis to see teaching grants abolished
Twenty-four universities will see their entire teaching grants cut under the Browne review’s plans to focus Government spending on science, […]