Cruddas points the way to the biggest transformation of government since 1945
In his Hugo Young lecture earlier this week, Ed Miliband set out a vision for a Labour government…
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The government are aping the rhetoric of the far right – the arguments for immigration must be made
Last week, the Home Office announced that vans emblazoned with the message ‘Here illegally? Go home or face…
Homophobic bullying must be tackled by Labour’s local leaders
From civil partnerships to adoption rights for same-sex couples, the Labour governments led by Tony Blair and Gordon…
Wonga – another example of predatory capitalism
If Ed Miliband is in need of some more examples of predatory capitalists out to exploit people, he…
Ed and the tuition fees problem
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting Labour’s priority is to reduce the cost of going to university. The Tories…
Tuition fees: time to separate the facts from the politics
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting Writing for the Guardian two months ago, I warned that “confusion around the…
We should push Gove to ban BNP teachers
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting Today’s Times Education Supplement (TES) reports that a draft copy of regulations seen…
Labour must recapture its reforming zeal
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting Under the new admissions code, due to be published by the Department for…
Lords Reform: Time to Agree with Nick
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting With some honourable exceptions, members of the Parliamentary Labour Party behaved disgracefully in…
The government’s higher education policy is in tatters
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting This has been another bad week for the government on higher education. On…
