It’s official: Free schools have failed to deliver
Academies – one of the coalition’s flagship policies in 2010 – have not lived up to any of Michael Gove’s big promises, a new report has found.
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There are clear ways to rebuild our broken economy but the government is blinded by Tory dogma
It’s not just about increasing borrowing — we need to start closing corporate tax loopholes.
300,000 people are homeless in Britain and it’s a direct result of Tory austerity
In one London borough 1 in 25 people are homeless. It’s a crisis the government did nothing to stop.
Here’s why you shouldn’t trust the Tories’ tax revenue figures
Rather than responding honestly to a difficult question, the Prime Minister appears to have engaged in some creative accounting.
The Tories just showed their utter contempt for those hurt by Universal Credit
The government didn’t even try to defend their controversial welfare reforms, failing to take part in a vote last night.
LBC ‘suggests being a Labour Party member is as important as eating’, in absurd attempt to stitch up MP
Radio station accused of ‘surpassing gotcha journalism’ and relying on ‘false equivalency’, with suggestion that charging prospective party members a premium rate to join Labour is the same as forcing destitute benefits claimants to call 55p a minute line for food money.
The Tories’ plans on free childcare will only widen inequality in the UK
Quantity over quality in early years education is damaging to the poorest children.
MPs call for Universal Credit expansion to be delayed, warning system on brink of ‘collapse’
Members of DWP committee fear next month’s planned roll-out could leave ‘hundreds of thousands’ without benefits.
Students call national demo against tuition fees, after Tories lose bid to raise cap
The Conservative Party was forced to abandon plans to hike tuition fees by £250 each year, after the DUP caused them major embarrassment by backing a Labour motion to block the rise.
Rees-Mogg tops leader poll, but his politics are deeply regressive – even for the Tories
Some of his most vocal supporters are the ‘Tory youth movement’, Activate, who were outed as discussing ‘gassing chavs’ and ‘shooting peasants’ last week.