Some suggested improvements

It may officially have a week or so left, but the end of the 2010-15 Parliament was surely marked by the Chancellor’s final Budget speech. With this in mind, I’ve taken the opportunity to suggest some changes in the next Parliament that could make the institution work...

Have we all really been in this together?

The divide between rich and poor in Britain is widening dramatically, according to, well, all of the reports. Analysis published yesterday has shown that Britain’s wealthiest have fared much better through the economic downtown than the worst-off, with median...

This isn’t about free schools…

Today’s announcement by David Cameron that the Conservatives intend – should they be returned to office – to open an additional five hundred free schools is arguably the first genuine attempt we have seen from the Party during this election campaign to...