Labour f**ked around with education – but nothing like this…
I’m feeling very September right now. Not only does the full schedule of council meetings start up again,…
Education
The GCSE debacle – a harsh but important lesson to Britain’s young people about the grim realities of Tory Britain
The debacle over the downgrading of GCSE results serves to deliver a harsh but important lesson to Britain’s…
Like so many other walks of life, Olympic sport is becoming dominated by people who attended private school
The London 2012 Olympic Games is supposed to be an event to unite the country. But in such…
Why a Service ethos matters
By Jim Murphy and Stephen Twigg Our Armed Forces embody the highest values of public service. Labour has…
Labour to oppose Gove’s “two tier system” of O’levels and CSEs
Labour’s opposition day debate tomorrow – which was scheduled to be on health – will instead to be…
Listening and learning – lessons from Birmingham
Last weekend I was in Birmingham for Labour’s National Policy Forum. The NPF has had its merits and…
O-levels? Keep calm and carry on…
The ubiquity of “Keep Calm and Carry On” and its off-shoot slogans has long since robbed them of…
Twigg: Labour won’t close Free Schools
Stephen Twigg reiterated in his interview with Andrew Neil on the Sunday Politics what he told me when…
I’m not a number on a balance sheet, Michael Gove
State schools could be run for profit hinted Education Secretary Michael Gove during his Leveson Inquiry appearance this…
It’s time for Osborne and Willetts to u-turn over international students
Today the Telegraph splashed on the news that over 60 university chancellors have written to David Cameron warning…
