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Michael Gove is winning round some of his critics
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Labour fights plans for Burnley free school
Burnley already has surplus school places – as the existing schools are bad
Labour Government blocked access to the Daily Star
Brandon Lewis announces that the Coalition Government has lifted the ban
Council by-election results from yesterday
Lib Dems gain a seat from the Conservatives in Lincolnshire
Labour’s hypocrisy on social care
Even in 2010 most councils only provided social care for those with “substantial” needs.
Mayor Rahman hires Ken’s cronies
The council’s £4.2million communications budget is not enough for the Mayor who spends a further £240,000 on his personal team.
Councils are right to warn their tenants that excess Christmas spending causes rent arrears
Why does the BBC attack a Tory council for this but not mention Labour councils doing much the same?
John Healey responds to Harry Phibbs’s response to him on public housing
“It’s a shame the Conservative Party has lost Harold Macmillan’s sense of historic mission.”
In West Lancashire, the spare room subsidy cut prompts 31 per cent off benefits altogether
The number affected coming off Housing Benefits has doubled in a couple of months.
Forster country? Red Ed wants to cover it in concrete
Localism means building new homes with the consent of local people.
John Bald: We should teach children Mandarin
David Cameron’s proposition is more realistic than it might appear
Council by-election results from yesterday
Conservatives gain seat from Lib Dems in South Bucks
More evidence that cutting the spare room subsidy is encouraging people to work
Research shows a jump the numbers affected by spare room subsidy cut now actively seeking work.
Only eight teachers in Wales were sacked for incompetence in the last decade
There are 26,000 teachers in Wales. Are 99.9 per cent of them really up to the job?
Birmingham Council should cut waste not services
Debt interest costs the council taxpayers of Birmingham £165 million a year.