Gordon Marsden Articles

The impending spending review finds further education in the centre of a perfect funding storm. Ringfenced funding for school education and apprenticeships growing (in quantity if not quality), leaving an ever-greater burden of cuts on FE. I have described as hasty...

The Tories at prime ministers’ questions were particularly nasty today. They hate Labour and despise Jeremy Corbyn – and so they booed throughout prime ministers’ questions, particularly when Corbyn asked yet again about cuts to tax credits. David Cameron – at his...

One week since the publication of the Commission on Youth Unemployment's report, the same day as National Apprenticeship Week kicked off, there has been much debate on Progress and elsewhere about how to tackle the growing problem, including what Labour is doing...

Today marks the start of National Apprenticeship Week 2012 (Monday 6 February – Friday 10 February). Back for its fifth year and run by the National Apprenticeship Service, it is hoped 2012 will be bigger and better than ever with people across the country getting...