Like all good education policy announcements, Stephen Twigg’s chose the trusted ‘three priorities’ method when...
Young progressives Articles
Labour needs to make Europe accessible
Brace yourselves, a perfect storm is brewing. Next year’s European elections will draw out and intensify the debate on...
Six seats to watch in 2015
It conjures up a curious mix of feelings to see a list of Labour’s key targets for the 2015 election – excitement for...
Giving the young a voice
In May this year I was elected with over 50 per cent of the vote to represent the people of Irwell, Rossendale at the...
Gove follows Labour on Tech Bacc
Which Labour policy would, according to Michael Gove’s Hyperbole Machine, leave ‘millions of state school pupils...
Ten years of academies
Ten years ago this month, The Business Academy Bexley opened its doors. The first academy in England, it replaced...
Three priorities, one great result
My primary school, halfway through my time there, seemed to adopt a rather pithy motto. I think it was in Latin, but...
Optimism is not enough
When Tyrell Burgess, academic and innovative educational thinker, was asked to write a Labour party pamphlet on...
Sticker-price fees are strangling aspiration
The Helena Kennedy Foundation works with students in further education progressing to higher education. When students’...
Prepare now for rebuilt Lib Dems
The Labour party of 1997 – at least, the driving force behind it – grew up in irrelevance. Muted by the dogma of the...
A referendum for the right reasons
It started with a wink and a nudge, the appointment of Jon Cruddas to a major policy brief. It continued with Ed Balls...
A back-to-school Queen’s speech
The Labour party must look to education as a way of winning arguments and changing lives. It shows our commitment to...