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The City That Doesn't Build
Despite the clear need for more houses in London, the capital is building at less than a quarter of the per capita rate of the rest of England, according to new analysis published by the Centre for Policy Studies.
The City That Doesn’t Build
Planning Planning
The Government is pledged to remove constraints on the operation and expansion of businesses and to encourage the spread of home ownership; indeed, these pledges are central to its economic policies.
Pensions & Privilege
The number of shareholders in Britain has grown dramatically in the last five years, but the proportion of equities held by individuals continues to decline.
Opting Out
The education Bill before Parliament honours the promise made by the government before the general election to give state schools the chance to opt out of local authority control and run themselves.
Natural Partners
It is an irony that many critics of Thatcherism who allege that it has lost its connection with its ancient conservative roots, are precisely those who were complacent at Britain’s steady movement into corporatism.
Managed Health Care
The NHS has been rationing access to health care in Britain since 1948. Poor management and lack of incentive have contributed to the lengthening waiting-lists and low morale amongst the providers.
Making Unionism Positive
The last General Election produced one of the worst results ever for the Conservative party in Schotland.
In Sickness and in Health
It seems longer than three months ago that Oliver Letwin and I first wrote about health.
Home Truths for Foreign Aid
The present Government has embarked on a programme to reshape Britain – its institutions, the attitudes of its society and the aspirations of its individual citizens.
Errors & Evil of New History
The purpose of this paper is to disclose to the general reader some of the ways in which, under the guise of history, which is one of the foundation subjects of the proposed national curriculum, secondary school children are being introduced to a subject very different to anything which their parents are likely to have been taught.
Diamonds into Glass
A growing malaise has been afflicting British universities during the last ten to fifteen years, and of late it has intensified.
Could do Better
However the recent GCSE results are interpreted, it is regrettably true that the standards and levels of achievement of British school children are just not high enough.
Correct Core
The most marked characteristic of Mrs Thatcher’s governments is the way in which they have changed the nature and premises of political debate.
Clear the Decks
Britain’s industrial superiority during the nineteenth century depended upon our control of vital sea routes.
Choice in Rotten Apples
For the vast majority of school children, the GCSE is the most important examination of their lives. There can be no doubt that in setting and marking and modes of assessment, in the laying down of syllabuses an the selection of textbooks, a great deal of the ideas of the ‘ new orthodoxy’, building on the consensus of the ‘sixties, has successfully – and disastrously – taken over.
