How often do individuals make a difference?

Most MPs will be unable to point to any one thing they did that wouldn’t have happened without them. Occasionally, individuals make a difference, though. Polly Toynbee lists a few that have, as follows; Barbara Castle’s lifesaving 70mph speed limit Patricia Hewitt’s smoking ban Harriet Harman’s…

The main reason why people end up in low-paid work was the subject of the third important report of the week, the OECD’s 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) about educational attainment. The UK’s position hasn’t changed much but it is conspicuous that we…

It is inevitable that immigration is going to be lower in the future. Business will not have the option of importing the skills we lack at home. A successful departure is therefore inconceivable without a better trained, more productive workforce. It is time to get…