Ken Livingstone: Why isn’t Boris using TfL’s £759m surplus to cut fares?
New figures from TfL show another annual surplus that could be used to cut fares
Public Services
Putting an individual through university generates £227k for the economy
The government needs to recognise the economic returns from investing in A-levels and degree courses, writes UCU general secretary Sally Hunt.
Jones: Cleggeron coalition “demonising” public sector workers
Welsh first minister Carwyn Jones has warned public sector workers across Wales to expect challenging times ahead from the savage attacks from the UK coalition.
State school students more likely to achieve a First at Oxford than independent schoolers
Evidence shows students from state schools are more likely to achieve a first-class degree at Oxford University than students from independent schools.
Cameron fails to protect frontline staff as promised
Tory cuts are having a detrimental effect on the frontline staff they promised to protect, according to a report from the British Association of Social Workers.
Left-wing snobbery does state schools no favours
Left-wing snobbery does state schools no favours. Matthew Norman is disingenous in criticising state schools and sending his children to private school.
Unless we win the economic argument we can’t deliver social justice
The lesson from Labour’s 1992 election defeat is that unless the party wins the economic argument it cannot deliver social justice, writes Meg Hillier MP.
Cameron’s vetoing of NHS Risk Register release “a desperate act which will backfire badly”
The government announced it will veto the rulint the NHS Risk Register be published, cynically burying the news on the day of the coalition relaunch.
Regional pay is “Tory code” for slashing pay of the poorest NHS workers
Welsh health minister Lesley Griffiths described regional pay as “Tory code for cutting the pay of NHS workers in Wales”, reports Ed Jacobs.
Labour must ensure patients not profit are the way forward for the NHS
In fighting the health and social care act, Labour must reject outmoded marketisation, building a consensus around the NHS’s founding values.