We are being far too soft on incompetent teachers – and the militant unions that indulge them
For all the evidence of the damage wrought by lockdown on children, their needs are still deprioritised in favour of spoiled adults
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For all the evidence of the damage wrought by lockdown on children, their needs are still deprioritised in favour of spoiled adults
Rachel Reeves has given little indication she has any idea how to fix all that ails Britain
Keir Starmer is a self-proclaimed socialist. His party isn’t on the side of the aspirational, it is the enemy of aspiration
Vexatious complaints and exaggerated victimhood have created a compensation culture that is only set to intensify
The pressure to spread climate misery more ‘fairly’ is mounting
The Prime Minister must set out how welfare can once more be a safety net for the most vulnerable, rather than an ATM for the mildly unhappy
Starmer’s proposed VAT raid lays the grounds for the sector’s destruction
Our country’s prosperity will be sacrificed on the altar of ‘red-green’ socialism
Labour’s decision to water down its workers’ rights plan proves it was never needed in the first place
Landlords are already treated as punchbags – it’s about to get worse
High taxes and generous benefits are incentivising workers to opt out of employment
Enough of the pretence. The current path threatens our economy, society and democracy, and we urgently need a change of direction
We must now ask whether the harms wrought by Covid restrictions can ever be undone
We’re already paying dearly for the state’s invasion into all parts of the economy, but it could be about to get worse
One by one, the economic arguments for porous borders have collapsed. We can’t go on like this
Generation Z can’t understand the value of hard work – it’s little wonder they prefer to call off sick