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…
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AV and class
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting Whether your Labour politics are something old, new, borrowed or blue*, there is…
The vilification of these activists must end
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting As I rested my weary feet on Saturday afternoon, my pride at being…
The real social engineering? Buying advantage in the education system
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting When is buying advantage in the education system wrong? Not when it comes…
Hypocrisy, bullying and a personal campaign against Aaron Porter
By Wes Streeting and Gemma Tumelty As former NUS presidents we are just two of only 54 people…
Turning the clock back on access to university
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting “There is lots of anger about higher education at the moment and I…
Tuition fees: Labour’s chance to start afresh
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig,…
Life as a Co-op councillor
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting Until Thursday night’s fantastic local election results, I was one of the Co-operative…
London’s future, not London’s past: The only way to win in 2012
By Wes Streeting / @wesstreeting Last Friday, I spent the afternoon campaigning with Oona King. Or, more accurately,…
Labour should stand tall as the party of the EMA
By Wes Streeting / @WesStreeting The Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), created by Labour to support 16-19 year olds…
