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Must Do Better | 06/12/12

Chris Calland's avatar

The Westminster Christmas recess (20th December to 7th January for MPs; 19th December to 8th January for Peers) always gives pundits and politicos a chance to write "end of term" reports on Ministers and Departments....Read More

The Sutton Trust: Fifteen Years of Opening Access to Education | 21/11/12

Catrin Owen's avatar

Social mobility is something of a political hot potato at the moment. From David Cameron wanting to “spread privilege” at Conservative Party Conference, to shocking reports that the UK has the worst levels in the Western World, social mobility is often the topic of many an angry opinion piece in broadsheets and red tops alike....Read More

Risk Taking in Politics – Tesco style | 22/10/12

Nick Albrow's avatar

Policy Exchange hosted former Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy last week, as I attended my first Westminster event as a new intern at PLMR. As a guest of David Cameron’s favourite think tank the tone of Sir Terry’s talk was unsurprising; advocating the public sector to more closely reflect its private counterpart....Read More

Are we seeing the beginnings of a consensus around education? | 05/01/12

Elin Twigge's avatar

If we put aside the sniping from the usual suspects, is what we see emerging the beginnings of a cross party consensus around education? It would be refreshing and productive if it were. ...Read More