by Guest Blogger / 03 Feb 2011
By Aaron Porter, president of the National Union of Students Earlier this week Damian Green, the immigration minister, gave a speech outlining his reasons for wanting to restrict the numbers and activities of students coming to the UK to study from outside the EU.
by Guest Blogger / 01 Feb 2011
By Elizabeth Filippouli, managing director, Global Thinkers For those trying to second-guess the outcomes of events in Egypt and across the Middle East, the centrality of online media in their inception, planning and coverage offers key lessons about the new realities facing the region.
by Guest Blogger / 27 Jan 2011
By Tom Mludzinski, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute This article refers to the latest data from Ipsos MORI's monthly political monitor, a summary of which can be seen here.
by Guest Blogger / 18 Jan 2011
by Dr Hamish Meldrum, chairman of the BMA Council Today, the government publishes its Health and Social Care Bill for England.
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by Guest Blogger / 16 Dec 2010
By Bob Ainsworth MP Over the last couple of decades, the United Kingdom hasn’t had a proper, rational debate on drug policy.
by Guest Blogger / 02 Dec 2010
By Blair Gibbs Yesterday’s plans for directly-elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are the boldest reform of policing since the 1960s.
by Guest Blogger / 26 Nov 2010
Henry Smith is Conservative MP for Crawley.
by Guest Blogger / 22 Nov 2010
By Aaron Porter Two weeks ago we, and the University and College Union, mobilised an amazing number of students, lecturers, friends, families and others who are concerned about the government's plans for education, to march peacefully through the streets of London as part of an ongoing fight against what we, and the majority of the public, see as an assault on ambition.
by Guest Blogger / 19 Nov 2010
Anne Begg is Labour MP for Aberdeen South.
by Guest Blogger / 10 Nov 2010
By Oli Holden-Rea If you’re going to spend your afternoon protesting, then you’ll want to make sure you draw attention to your cause — or at least appear on TV.
by Guest Blogger / 03 Feb 2011
By Mike Weatherley MP It’s not often that you hear ‘rock fan’ and ‘politician’ in the same sentence but when asked to describe myself, I find it hard to avoid the two terms.
by Guest Blogger / 31 Jan 2011
By Justin Tomlinson MP (Conservative, North Swindon) Today I’ve launched the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Financial Education for Young People.
by Guest Blogger / 20 Jan 2011
Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Education was speaking at Twyford C of E school in Ealing, where he launched a wholesale review of the National Curriculum: After nine months in this job there’s no doubt in my mind that we have a wonderfully talented cohort of new teachers and a superb generation of school leaders.
by Guest Blogger / 21 Dec 2010
by Iain Dale Many people felt it was inevitable that Vince Cable would self combust.
by Guest Blogger / 02 Dec 2010
By Preethi Sundaram Forty years since the Equal Pay Act, women in the UK still earn less, own less and are more likely to live in poverty than men.
by Guest Blogger / 30 Nov 2010
By Douglas Alexander MP While growth and jobs go together, you can’t assume that returning to growth means returning to full employment.
by Guest Blogger / 23 Nov 2010
By Peter Watt In August 2007 the ill-fated inter party talks into the ‘Review of the funding of political parties’ lead by Sir Hayden Phillips collapsed without agreement.
by Guest Blogger / 19 Nov 2010
Jo Swinson MP reports on her experience as a part of VSO's Parliamentarian Volunteer Scheme in Nigeria When VSO asked me to take part in their Parliamentarian Volunteer Scheme to work with climate change activists in Nigeria, I was keen to be involved.
by Guest Blogger / 15 Nov 2010
By Ricky Cella Are you tired of sitting on the backbenches of a backwater parish council? Or are you an MP who didn’t get that cabinet promotion you were hoping for? Maybe your politicking needs a little practice.
by Guest Blogger / 10 Nov 2010
By Jean Lambert Green MEP Jean Lambert on her recent delegation visit to Pakistan Truth be told, I had been trying to get permission to go to Pakistan for some time, but because of security issues my request had always been denied.
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