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Make the English Baccalaureate the local Baccalaureate

How many people really understand the world of education as well as the world of work?  I tried to find a handful in Birmingham – and failed.

There are great people in schools – but they don’t know what local employers...

A London wide lettings agency

As an inner London MP, housing is probably my biggest area of casework. Availability and quality of housing in London is a real problem, and it’s not only an issue for those on low incomes that rely on social housing...

We must champion egalitarian devolution

David Cameron intends to put ‘people in charge’. From free schools and ‘John Lewis models’ for services, to abolishing 'townhall fatcats' and quangos, he is determined to scrap what he sees as crippling state structures. But as the ‘big society’...

Getting back to normal?

This might sound odd given their obvious mutual dislike but it is possible that Ed Balls and George Osborne have more in common that you think; something pretty fundamental in fact. What binds them is their shared faith that, sooner...

“Labour wins when it combines method with meaning”

At last Saturday’s Fabian summer conference, Labour’s general secretary, Iain McNicol, argued:

“Labour had nearly two million conversations between January and May this year. Imagine if all those conversations tweeted as #LabourDoorstep were about more than just voting intentions. If we had...

It's about Democracy, not Diamond

If the Ed Miliband camp cites the resignation of Bob Diamond this morning as a victory and the culmination of a weekend spent campaigning and lecturing, they will have completely misunderstood how high the stakes are.

Bob Diamond now has plenty...

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