Evening Standard Articles

First we must understand the characteristics of voters in our 12 marginal seats. They are made up of a high proportion of liberal opinion voters – well educated, tolerant, and politically opinionated – who deserted Labour mostly to the Liberal Democrats in the...

Thanks to central government, we local politicians now have much wider freedoms and powers to annoy and anger our electorate as we trim, cut and slash the services they need and have come to rely on. This anger at a local level in turn brings with it added pressure on...

Ofsted’s new chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has ruffled a few feathers already this week with outspoken comments on teaching standards and the role of schools in supporting children outside the classroom. We’ll have to see whether or not he lives up to the 'Dirty...