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George Osborne crossed dressed and declared himself a one nation chancellor in both the headline measures of his budget and in its details. Legislation for a living wage was intended as the closing showstopper and abolishing permanent non-dom status stole the policy...

Politicians across the divide can be accused of using education as a political football, and as the new report from the Gatsby Foundation shows, this government is no different. Obsessed with media headlines and sycophantic applause from some sector organisations,...

A better plan for a better future – Five parliamentary candidates present Labour’s five pledges to Britain Tuition fees reduced to £6,000, an apprenticeship for every school leaver who gets the basic grades, and smaller class sizes for five-, six- and seven-year-olds...

It will not come to anyone’s surprise that the coalition is once again targeting their cuts agenda at those most disadvantaged in society. But what is coming next is just unthinkable. This week the Association of Colleges claimed that if the government continues to...