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Britain does not love coalitions
This article first appeared on Progress Online on 8 May 2013 and is based on the final chapters of ’5 Days in May: The Coalition and Beyond’ which can be bought at the special price of £10 by visiting www.politicos.co.uk/promotions and entering the code: PROGRESS. Few short periods in politics have mattered more in Britain than the ‘five days in May’ which followed the 2010 general election. Secret meetings day and night; helicopters whirring...
Pupils ‘segregated from society’ by exclusive private schools
From The Telegraph on 10 May 2013. A sharp rise in fees in recent years has left the independent education system so exclusive that children fail to mix with peers “who don’t have parents of substantial means”, said Lord Adonis. In a speech, he said most major private schools had originally been established as charities for the education of the poor and under-privileged but have “entirely divorced themselves from these groups” over...
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Frontline: Changing Lives
Frontline gets go ahead to change lives through children’s social work A new organisation, with the specific aim of boosting the image of social work and getting the very best people into the profession, today received the Government’s green light to start recruiting candidates for one of Britain’s toughest jobs from this September. Frontline, which has received cross-party support, will attract, recruit and develop high potential individuals to be leaders in...