Non-academies do just as well as academies
Official figures show non-academies do just as well as academies, explains Henry Stewart, a founder member of the Local schools Network.
Labour
Miliband plays it down the middle at Labour’s not-so-local election launch
Gurjunder Dhaliwal reports on his Ed Miliband’s speech at Labour’s local elections campaign launch and the question and answer session that followed.
Budget 2012: Can Ed and Ed restore Labour’s credibility?
For Labour, today, budget day, marks a challenge – namely to speed up the journey towards regaining credibility on the economy, writes Ed Jacobs.
Trident: Should Labour call for it to be scrapped?
Labour should back the scrapping of Trident, writes Toby Fenwick, author of the CentreForum report “Dropping the bomb: a post Trident future”.
MSPs back plans to tackle Scotland’s alcohol timebomb – but Labour abstain
Scotland’s battle with the bottle took an historic step forward yesterday as MSPs gave initial approval for the SNP’s plans for a minimum price for alcohol.
Workfare versus compulsory work: When is it right and wrong to mandate labour?
Richard Exell looks at the tricky issues dividing workfare (bad) from mandating paid work (good). Is there a line that can be drawn?
Workfare is not voluntary
Alex Hern repeats what needs repeating: Workfare is not voluntary.
The information you need to end workfare
Alex Hern presents the data you need to join the campaign to end workfare.
UK’s public debt is about to exceed that of the US for the first time
The USA is about to have a lower public debt than the UK, for the first time; Cormac Hollingsworth looks at why that may have happened.
Miliband to outline vision of a fairer Union
In Glasgow today, Ed Miliband will seek to go beyond the process-driven debate over independence for Scotland, seeking to make a positive case for the Union.