News & Insight

13 May 2014

One of the major challenges facing professionals involved in the education and care of children in the UK concerns how best to meet the needs of troubled, vulnerable and disadvantaged children who are struggling at school and who have, for...

12 May 2014

David Cameron has been prime minister during some of the most dramatic foreign policy developments of the last 20 years. From the Arab Spring to the crisis in Crimea, the coalition has been contending with global shifts every bit as...

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...

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...

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...

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 –...