The Parliament 2005-2010 will not be fondly remembered by many. The expenses scandal has undermined popular confidence in our MPs’ honesty as well as their connection to the lives of Read more

On Friday, Ed Balls announced the Government’s response to the ‘Salt Review’ into the supply of teachers for pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties. Balls argued, and rightly so, Read more

The BBC’s latest strategy report  – leaked in the Times ten days ago and released last week as a result – suggests that with a General Election looming ever nearer Auntie is at Read more

Most political news is about personality and politics rather than policy.  At the moment that’s particularly true – the big stories of recent weeks have been about Brown’s behaviour, Lord Ashcroft, Read more

Last Wednesday saw the publication of the inquiry into the failures at Mid Staffordshire hospital where over 400 patients needlessly died.   The inquiry was ordered by the Secretary of State in Read more

On Friday, the Office for National Statistics raised its estimate of the economy’s growth in the fourth quarter of last year from 0.1% to 0.3%. This is, of course, good Read more

The Department for Health did not have a good week last week.  It started with hospitals being accused of putting patients’ lives at risk, for failing to comply with safety alerts Read more

The phoney election campaign continued last week.  The media seems to have decided that the Tory “wobble” is over, after the launch of some pretty good posters and a warm media Read more

The murder of army cadet Joseph Lappin suggests that there is something very wrong with the way we tackle anti-social behaviour. Despite having breached sanctions more than 40 times, his Read more

As our report More Fees Please? this week recommended, university fees need to rise if we are to protect the quality of the student experience in the future.  Anyone who Read more