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From Westminster to the National
It’s a very strange experience to leave your place of work, head across the river to the National Theatre and see your place of work portrayed by actors on the stage there. To see the very room you just left recreated for the audience to see. To hear the language that hums though the building …
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The bigger picture
As a member of the Public Accounts Committee, every week I hear tales of government financial waste that would boil the blood of the most frivolous of spendthrifts. In recent months, we have seen an extra £1bn diverted into the expansion of academies programme at the expense of struggling schools. We have a £3.4bn stockpile …
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Reconnecting education and employers
Yesterday was a day for solemn reflection and the cessation of political combat. The prime minister spoke for a united Westminster when he said that the horrific scenes emerging from Woolwich ‘sickened’ us all. It served as an untimely reminder that we must always remain resolute in challenging the corrosive narratives of violent extremism and …
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Generation ‘why?’
We are at a key point in the influence of different generations on our society. The pre-1945 generation is dying out and being replaced in the adult population by generation Y whose members have a very different perspective. The national balance of opinion is shifting as a result. One of the most important areas of …
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Civic pride and Labour values
Last week a man gave me a cheque for a million pounds. Sadly for the family finances it wasn’t addressed to me but to our Get Oldham Working campaign. Norman Stoller is a self-made man who made his money from hard work and he cares passionately about our town. Like all of us who care …
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Women mean business
Closing the gender gap in entrepreneurship is good for women and good for the economy. The gender gap in entrepreneurship has received less attention as a public policy matter than other areas of inequality. But the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s latest report on the issue shows there are fewer women entrepreneurs then men …
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