Public Services
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.