Public Services
Simon Hughes’s Oxbridge-bashing masks wider assault on higer education
The Government’s ‘Access Tsar’ Simon Hughes has launched a broadside against tutors interviewing candidates as part of a university admissions process.
Welsh government outlines extra support for part-time students
The Welsh Education minister has announced that part-time students are to enjoy the same type of financial support as that made available to full time students.
Fat cats will continue to milk the legal aid budget – while the vulnerable suffer
Sound Off For Justice's Jonny Mulligan attacks the government's plans to reduce legal aid provision and therefore access to justice for the most vulnerable.
Non-shock poll reveals teenagers put off by £9,000-a-year tuition fees
A poll has revealed almost half of teenagers are put off by the coalition's £9,000-a-year tuition fees - despite the previous reassurances from government.
‘New’ NHS reforms a lot like the old reforms
The government's response to the criticism of the NHS reforms is disappointing - previous concerns are still unresolved, writes Lib Dem MP Andrew George.
May’s police cuts: A gamble becomes a shamble
Labour have accused the Tory-led coalition of putting the public at risk due to their cuts - as a senior counter-terrorist officer becomes their latest victim.