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Education: Improving teacher quality
12 May 2014
The world of education has confused many politicians. It takes some time for any politician to realise what the debates in education are about and, if elected, what they can or cannot do. It is very easy for politicians to...
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Taking action against fuel poverty
12 May 2014
As British Gas shareholders gather at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference centre in Westminster today for the Centrica AGM, so too will protesters from over 20 anti-austerity, anti-privitisation and environmental groups. Under the banner of 'Bin British Gas: Put Power in...
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Work and Business: Delivering on the Post Office's potential
9 May 2014
The UK’s post office network, with over 11,500 outlets reaching into every community, provides much-needed services to all sections of society. Larger than all the bank branches put together, its scope, reach and potential is unrivalled. However, the incoming government in...
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Lord of all he surveys
9 May 2014
Once bitten, twice shy. Lord Ashcroft is a veteran of bruising encounters with some in the media and the Labour party. That hostility, chronicled in his memoir, Dirty Politics, Dirty Times, burned out long ago. Since then, Michael Ashcroft –...
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Sustainability: Will animals hold the keys to Downing Street?
9 May 2014
A recent YouGov poll on the importance of animal welfare to voters should be a wake-up call for all the political parties, but especially Labour. Of course it didn’t say that animals are the biggest issue for most voters, but when...
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Policy response: Apprenticeships should be for everyone
8 May 2014
Since the launch of Modern Apprenticeships in 1994 there has been a welcome (and very necessary) cross-party support for the renaissance and expansion of apprenticeships. But this progress is now in danger of going into reverse. Antiquated eighteenth-century thinking frames new...
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