Changing to survive Articles

In the centre of York in the mid-1980s there used to be two pieces of graffiti on adjacent walls. One shouted, ‘No war but the class war’; the other advised: ‘Eat the rich, feed the poor’. Maybe the same person wrote them both? If so, it wasn’t the prime minister....

Born at the start of the 1980s, I am, supposedly, one of Thatcher’s children. Isn’t that an incredible statement? Twenty-three years after Margaret Thatcher was booted out of power, her name defines a generation of people now in their early twenties and thirties. Had...

The post-budget discussion has rightly focused on the deficit, borrowing and growth. Talk of more cuts just around the corner has largely been lost, even though those cuts (or tax rises) are potentially enormous. No area of public service has been – and will be – hit...

The IDS-Cait Reilly spat has been both amusing and illuminating, but it poses big questions for Labour, as well as the government. The government has to answer why its flagship policy – the work programme – is going so badly. Before the programme started, the Treasury...