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The last week has seen the publication of two reports into the state of the rollout of broadband in the United Kingdom, neither of which make happy reading for government ministers. Both Ofcom and the Institute of Directors have been critical – either explicitly or...

As offers for secondary school places go out in the post today, parents of 10- and 11-year-olds will be bracing themselves. They will be hoping they will not be like one of the 84,000 families that did not get their preferred choice secondary school last year – a...

While I hesitate to draw on the insights of a former Conservative leader, it seems appropriate when they show up the weakness in the argument of another. When Iain Duncan Smith underpinned his Brexit case on Andrew Marr with an appeal to optimism and British pride I...

With the European Union referendum on 23 June fast approaching, today’s migration statistics will cause more headaches for the government. First, the good news for David Cameron. The latest figures show net migration fell. Cameron’s problem is it was by the smallest...