by Claire Kimber | 11th May 2021 | Brexit, General, Immigration, Politics
Ryan Bourne is Chair in Public Understanding of Economics at the Cato Institute. Childcare is a hot topic again. Boris Johnson allegedly sought donations to finance a nanny to care for his son. In the U.S., Joe Biden plans to cap how much low and middle income...
by Claire Kimber | 10th May 2021 | General, Immigration, Politics
Enver Solomon is Chief Exective of the Refugee Council. As the local election results came in on Friday, there was hope that Bury in Greater Manchester would swing to the Conservatives. It wasn’t to be, but the election had received national attention because one of...
by Claire Kimber | 10th May 2021 | Crime, General, Immigration, Politics
Rachel Wolf is a partner in Public First. She had co-charge of the 2019 Conservative Manifesto. She was an education and innovation adviser at Number 10 during David Cameron’s premiership and was founding director of the New Schools Network. The Conservatives...
by Claire Kimber | 5th May 2021 | General, Immigration, Politics
Ben Roback is Head of Trade and International Policy at Cicero Group. There are intractable problems that seem to always dominate governments – no matter the party, Prime Minister or President in office. The age-old problem of what to do about older people and social...
by Claire Kimber | 3rd May 2021 | Brexit, Crime, Culture, Economics, Europe, General, Immigration, Politics
It’s easier to define what the centre ground of politics isn’t than what it is. So here goes. It’s not the same territory in one generation as in the next: political landscapes change – sometimes because of a volcanic eruption, like the financial crash;...
by Claire Kimber | 30th April 2021 | General, Immigration, Politics
Tim Clark was a secondary school Head for eighteen years, firstly of a Lincolnshire grammar school which he led to “outstanding” and secondly of an academy in Hackney. He now runs his own consultancy, specialising in school improvement. In March of this year, the...
