education Articles

Toby Young's resignation does not change the fundamental problems with the Office for Students, writes Robbie Young  If there is one thing that reaffirms any speculation about how weak Theresa May is, you only have to look at the fact the Toby Young resigned instead...

A dark cloud looms over our schools – and Labour is well-placed to help them weather the storm, writes Jack May ‘Education, education, education’. In a system left languishing by nearly two decades of Tory neglect, this was not just a mantra but a vital commitment to...

The one ‘missing giant’ from the founding text of the welfare state was how we deal with care in our society, argues our editorial Tackling inequality is at the very heart of the centre-left and Labour project. It is what has driven our movement since its foundation....

Ignorance: Beveridge would be heartened by the educational progress but ashamed of the skills inequality Looking back at William Beveridge’s Britain, he was right to denounce ‘ignorance’ as a giant on the road to reconstruction. Then, roughly 80 per cent of children...