Will David Cameron really risk siding with rip off energy firms this winter?
Ed Miliband’s announcement today on an energy freeze is not only a radical policy, but it also places David Cameron in a very awkward position.
Public Services
Lewisham Hospital: Jeremy Hunt must disclose his reasons for appeal
It is now over three weeks since Jeremy Hunt appealed against the High Court’s ruling on Lewisham Hospital, and we are still none the wiser as to his grounds of appeal.
Universal Credit shambles uncovered in new report
A damning report by the National Audit Office has severely criticised the government’s Universal Credit reforms.
Government to appeal Lewisham Hospital ruling: urgent questions for Jeremy Hunt
On Saturday 14 September the people of Lewisham will host a victory parade and party to celebrate the High Court ruling which – for now at least – has saved their hospital. By the standards of judicial language, this rulingtest
Five reasons the government should stick with High Speed Rail 2
Five reasons the government should stick with High Speed Rail 2.
For many young people ‘study hard, work hard, go to university, get a job’ isn’t reality
The media and political debate over grade inflation and Michael Gove’s proposed GCSE reforms disguise how difficult it is for young people in today’s struggling economy.
Increasingly gendered A Level choices are part of a wider problem and should concern us all
There is a widening gender gap in A Level students’ subject choices which is arguably a result of socially conditioned gender norms. Subjects like Physics, Maths, ICT and Economics are dominated by boys whilst girls are the majority in Drama, Law and languages.
Influential journal criticises government for viewing NHS as a “failing bank or business”
The leading medical journal Lancet has said in an editorial that the government should stop treating the NHS as a ‘failing bank or business.’
Opinion: Another great sporting summer for Britain, but PE lessons need radical improvement
With the news that children are more unhealthy and unfit than ever before it is time that PE lessons lead to a lifelong interest in sport and exercise.
The day rail commuters hate
Today the Office for National Statistics publishes July’s inflation figures and we see how much train fares will go up from January next year.