How do you campaign successfully for three and a half years? That’s the task facing candidates and local parties that...
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James Valentine Articles
Security and aspiration
People live longer, they're better off and their educational standard is higher. For example, more children went to...
A stronger party needs a stronger NPF
Listening to Ed Miliband's speech at the National Policy Forum on Saturday, I found it powerful and determined, albeit...
Building relationships for Labour’s next win
There are any number of political reasons why Labour lost the election but we also have to question whether our...
Back to school for Keith Joseph’s successor
The numbers of new academies that will open next term will be a fraction of the numbers that Gove planned. The vast...
A future, fair for all children
Carol Vorderman, the Tories' maths guru, obtained a third class degree. This trivial fact, revealed by a delighted...
Conservative attacks on local authorities will damage education
We'll hear a great deal about ‘freedom' in relation to schools over the next few months. ‘Every state school could...
Low expectations from teachers and governors contribute to underperformance in our schools
Recent research has shown that, even in Labour’s third term, too few children from lower socio-economic groups...